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SHADOW education minister Lucy Powell accused the Conservative government of doing nothing to address teachers’ real issues, launching a “top-down” academisation programme instead.
Speaking on Sunday night at NASUWT’s annual conference, Ms Powell attacked her opposite number Nicky Morgan for doing little to address the key issues affecting the British education system.
Her words came after a weekend in which Ms Morgan slammed teachers for not co-operating with the government, for supposedly “doing down” the profession by talking about the schools crisis and even for having “ridiculous” marking rules.
Martin Taylor, the hedge-fund multimillionaire who has poured millions into pushing Labour rightwards, helped finance Lucy Powell’s supposedly dissenting campaign — suggesting her victory was not the ‘soft-left’ rebellion some have claimed, says SOLOMON HUGHES
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
NICOLA SARAH HAWKINS explains how an under-regulated introduction of AI into education is already exacerbating inequalities