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by Patrick Murphy, newly elected NUT executive member
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) conference, meeting in Torquay over the Easter bank holiday weekend, confirmed what serious left activists in the union have been saying for some time. The potential for a fight back against the government’s agenda for education exists, but we will not clear the roadblock of our right-wing leadership unless we rebuild and politically renew the left.
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On the day before the 28 March pensions strike for local government I was working in a Geography class. It was the last period of the day.
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By Martin Thomas
Secondary school admissions authorities in London are very pleased with themselves. Only about 5,500 Year Six kids across London have been refused a place at any secondary school they chose; only about 3,000 have no place at all.
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Short reports from four events on Saturday 25 March in London:
AWL leaflet for the "A good local school for every child" conference, 25 March 2006.
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On Wednesday 15 March, 77 Labour MPs rebelled in Parliament against Tony Blair's and Gordon Brown's plans to convert all state schools into "trust" schools run by private sponsors.
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On Thursday 23 February, Camden (north London) branch of the National Union of Teachers drew over 100 people to a public meeting against the Education White Paper.
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By Becky Crocker
The 2 March demonstration in Westminster against the Government's plans for schools, called by Ealing NUT, was about a hundred strong. Despite the poor turn out, activists from NUT, UNISON and other unions showed determination to defeat this bill.
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By Tom Unterrainer, Assistant Secretary Nottingham NUT (personal capacity)
The publication of an Education White Paper last year commenced months of wrangling, negotiations and campaigning that has gone to the ideological heart of the Labour Party.
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OVER 100 school children in Wigan took part in a rally last Saturday 5th November 2005 to demand five of their class-mates are brought back from Uganda.
