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FURIOUS US mums squared up to greedy bosses at private education multinational Pearson yesterday for trousering swathes of taxpayers’ money intended for hard-up schools.
Yesterday the Morning Star revealed that the coalition had diverted an astonishing £355 million from the government aid budget to a developing world scheme propped up by Pearson and other profiteers.
The giant business, reputedly worth more than £11 billion, has sunk its claws into lucrative contracts worldwide, including “high-stakes testing” in the US. And it has come under fire in the States for tick-box teaching, spying on students and reporting children who discuss their exams with each other — or even with their parents.
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
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