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EDUCATION Secretary Nicky Morgan looks set to pick a new fight with Britain’s teaching profession — by seeking a union-busting US replacement for Ofsted chief Michael Wilshaw when he steps down at the end of the year.
According to the Sunday Times, Ms Morgan wants a candidate from the US Charter Schools programme, where public money funds privately run schools on a similar model to Britain’s academies and free schools.
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
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities