ARTHUR JARMAN pays tribute to a formidable and highly respected negotiator

The situation facing schools, teachers and children has never been worse, but the NUT has been fighting back strongly at grassroots level, writes ALEX KENNY

Newly elected National Education Union vice-president AMANDA MARTIN speaks to the Morning Star about the challenges facing teachers and schoolchildren in Britain today

Trade unionists can learn valuable lessons in community solidarity from the longest strike in British history, writes CHRIS SMITH

Teachers, Parents and Kids Fight for our Education (While Greening Stays at Home)

‘Politically neutral’ group speaks out

Fragmentation in education since 2010 has put the question of political influence firmly on the union agenda, says KEVIN COURTNEY

Britain could take a leaf out of Finnish educationalists’ book, says ROBIN HEAD

Massive workloads ‘are pushing people out of the profession’

Amendment passed removing reference to reviewing relationship with political parties

Teachers could use existing mandate to strike in regions where school cuts have hit hardest

Euphoria for our new union is fine, but we can’t rest on our laurels, argues HOWARD STEVENSON

Now is our time to fight back against the education cuts imposed by a government obsessed with privatisation, says LOUISE REGAN

In his second article, KEVIN COURTNEY writes that teachers have natural allies in parents and other trade union members. Working with these people will have a transformative effect on how teaching is delivered

Union will take Tories to court over scam to sneak in new grammar schools

KEVIN COURTNEY looks ahead to how the new NEU will organise in order to grow as a lay-led democratic organisation

Kids’ textbooks and art supplies now on the shopping list

Members vote overwhelmingly for ‘historic’ teachers’ union merger