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TEACHERS picketing a top education conference yesterday demanded that the government cut ties with an “edu-business” pushing privatisation in the developing world.
Profit-hungry education company Bridge International Academies is the “gold sponsor” of the Education World Forum(EWF), a gathering of global education ministers taking place in London this week.
The company has set up schools in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and India. Last year the Ugandan government ordered the closure of all 63 of Bridge’s schools, on the grounds they had failed to meet national standards.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
With 12,000 fewer teachers since 2010 and dwindling resources, Scotland’s schools desperately need investment to support diverse learners rather than empty promises from politicians, writes ANDREA BRADLEY
Robinson successfully defended his school from closure, fought for the unification of the teaching unions, mentored future trade union leaders and transformed teaching at the Marx Memorial Library, writes JOHN FOSTER