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TEACHERS pressed for a commitment from all parties yesterday to tackle LGBT discrimination in schools.
NUT delegates demanded a “manifesto for a new government” featuring a 10-point action plan protecting the LGBT rights of both students and teachers.
The points include a positive portrayal of homosexual relationships in sex-education policies, promoting LGBT history month in all schools and encouraging schools to develops a curriculum that is inclusive of gay issues.
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
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