Unions need bolder fight against plans for Academies and "free schools"
"But what did we hear from the platform about what we do tomorrow, in the schools?", my school NUT rep asked me at the end of the 250-strong Anti-Academies Alliance rally in London on 24 June against the Government's new programme of Academies and free schools. These are the government's lists of schools which have "registered an interest" in becoming Academies: "Outstanding" schools Others Good question. Platform speakers included leading officials of five unions - NUT, NASUWT, ATL, Unison, and UCU - plus journalist Fiona Millar, London head teacher Paramjit Bhutta, and Alasdair Smith, AAA...