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SCHOOLS face the worst funding cuts “since the 1970s,” teachers warned as they prepared for today’s national walkout against Tory education plans.
The strike has been called following mounting financial pressure on schools and the “deregulation of teacher terms and conditions” resulting from the push to turn every school into an academy.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb caused uproar in the Commons yesterday when he suggested leaving teacher supply to the “free market.”
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK