A few reasons…
Here are just a few links to the many articles about opposition to Gove’s new curriculum. Be part of developing an alternative vision to Gove’s nightmare – register for the Charter for Primary Education launch conference by clicking here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22558756
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/17/to-encourage-creativity-mr-gove-understand
It has come to this. Shame on the UK coalition government, the Liberal Democrats and Michael Gove – none of whom have a mandate to give away public property, none of whom have a mandate to fragment and degrade our universal public education system – once the envy of the world.
The NASUWT and the NUT have now served notice to employers that NUT and NASUWT members in the North West of England* will be called upon to take strike action on 27 June 2013 in furtherance of the dispute with the Government over pensions, pay and conditions. This escalation of action is a further step in our ongoing campaign to protect teachers and defend education.
The NUT and the NASUWT remain committed to resolving this dispute through negotiation but to date the Secretary of State has failed to engage constructively.
The strike action in the North West is part of a rolling programme of strike action across England and Wales.
Chris Keates, NASUWT General Secretary, said:
“Since the Coalition Government came to office the attacks on teachers’ pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs have been relentless.
“Teachers’ morale is at an all-time low.
“The move to strike action is a manifestation of the…
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Be very careful not to return the ConDems in 2014. However dire the local government situation, campaign for a democratic left-wing solution.
Albert Bore is NOT Mike Whitby, Paul Tilsley or any of that dreadful shower, who -in my opinion ought to be surcharged for their negligent mismanagement of our city and barred from holding office.
Beware doctrinaire bullshit and elect our friends and champions to the council.
By all means, field independents – but don’t put the Tories back in power.
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Work-life balance is a funny thing (unlike a teacher banging on about work-life balance, which is neither funny nor original). As you might have gathered, my blogging has been suffering of late, as have many other things on my to-do list.
Revision videos for computer science, a unit of work on infographics, Mukoku courses, sorting out a new domain for Mukoku, Raspberry Pi stuff, a computing club, robotics & physical computing, Digital Badges, Digital Leaders and much more have all slipped and slipped.
Part of me feels guilty about all of that, but then part of me feels less guilty than it used to. A couple of months ago we lost Chris Allan (@infernaldepart). Suddenly, and without warning all the work-related things that Chris was concerned about stopped being important. And all the things I had been slipping behind with stopped…
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(not satire – it’s the UKIP!)
Ho hum. Another week and yet another threat of being sued.
This time the threat’s from a UKIP activist – which is a bit strange for a so-called libertarian who’s supposed to be in favour of less state interference in people’s lives.
Well actually – on that theme – if there’s one thing annoys me more than anything else it’s a bunch of right-wing Thatcherite authoritarians trying to make out they’re libertarians. After all – I can’t think of anything less libertarian than wanting the government to decide who you can and can’t get married to – can you?
No – UKIP are about as libertarian as I’m a catwalk model.
This latest threat of libel comes from UKIP activist Marty Caine – who seems to be a bit upset about me pointing out that he labelled the family of Drummer Lee Rigby ‘idiots’…
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Ben Bradshaw with Regen chief executive Merlin Hyman
Twenty-three MPs and Peers supported the development of a world-leading renewable energy industry in the south west of England today when they signed up to the UK’s first regional renewable energy manifesto at Westminster.
Signatory MPs include Liberal Democrat Sir Nick Harvey, Labour’s Ben Bradshaw and Conservative Charlotte Leslie.
Launched today at House of Commons by renewable energy not-for-profit organisation Regen SW, the manifesto sets out an ambitious target to deliver 34,000 high-value jobs in renewable energy this decade through eight specific commitments including supporting:
Regen’s research shows a rapid growth in renewable energy generation over the past 12 months, and more than 10,000 jobs in the sector…
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I am a fan of the World at One news programme on BBC Radio 4, and listen to it with interest on holidays and on Saturdays. I’m one of those people who yells at the radio in disagreement, or applauds the speaker as the situation demands (and yes, I know the radio announcer can’t actually hear me!). And the fact is, I usually hear the name ‘Ed Balls’ and prepare to murmur agreement with the shrewd ideas of the Shadow Chancellor.
Unfortunately, I didn’t anticipate the panic that Labour’s slip in the polls has caused in the distant leadership of the my party. Now that a poll lead of 11 points has fallen to 7 points, in what was a temporary fluctuation, the two Eds are issuing a flurry of policy announcements, designed to prove One Nation Labour’s ‘responsibility’ on matters such as the budget deficit and the welfare state…
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