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TEACHERS have voiced their love for state schools and free education this week by releasing an original song performed by a choir of trade unionists, parents and children.
After the success of last year’s Christmas number one hit Bridge Over You by the NHS Trust Choir, members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) decided to join up and sing to save our schools too.
The initiative was quickly taken up by over 100 amateur singers, from newly qualified to retired teachers, many of whom had never been particularly active in the union.
TONY BURKE revels in the publication of previously unreleased tracks by the great US folksinger
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
CHRIS SEARLE speaks to Ethiopian vocalist SOFIA JERNBERG
