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Thousands of teachers stood up to Tory bully Michael Gove yesterday in one of the biggest co-ordinated strikes seen in English schools in a generation.
Hundreds defied disciplinary threats to join noisy marches and rallies in Cambridge, Birmingham and Sheffield jointly organised by unions NUT and NASUWT against the Education Secretary's privatising reforms.
Hundreds more also surrendered a day's pay to turn out at smaller events across huge swathes of eastern England, the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside.
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