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National Union of Teachers

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Type: Organization

Name: National Union of Teachers

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Ofsted could fail schools backing unions

Schools that adopt teaching unions' pay recommendations face being downgraded by Ofsted, an education law firm has warned.The Winckworth Sherwood practice said that headteachers who decided to ignore government guidelines on performance-related pay and ... [Published Public Service - May 24 2013]

Entities: National Union of Teachers, Education, guidelines

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Bolton School

Smithills’ governor claims academy will benefit pupils

TURNING Smithills School into an academy would benefit pupils, a school leader has claimed.After a consultation period ends on June 3, governors will decide if the school should make the controversial change, which teachers’ unions and some parents vigorously ... [Published Bolton News - May 24 2013]

Entities: John Walsh, Education, Bolton School

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Education chiefs alarmed over greater truancy

MORE than 45,000 school pupils are at risk of being classed as persistent absentees in Yorkshire, new figures reveal. Government statistics also show that the region had the highest level of secondary school pupils playing truant or being taken out of ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 24 2013]

Entities: Education, Christine Blower, National Union of Teachers

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Nairobi School

More pressure over delayed TSC staff

Kenya: Pressure continues to pile on President Uhuru Kenyatta to hasten appointment of two Teachers Service Commission senior staff.Kenya National Union of Teachers added its voice on the matter just a day after the Commission on Administrative Justice ... [Published East African Standard - May 24 2013]

Entities: Nairobi School, Kenya, Crisis, National Union of Teachers, Mwai Kibaki

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

National Union of Teachers

Second teachers’ union votes to strike

NASUWT members marching through town in April 2010TEACHERS have moved a step closer towards striking after Jersey’s largest teaching union voted in favour of action over the long-running public sector pay dispute.Ballot results released yesterday show ... [Published Jersey Evening Post - May 23 2013]

Entities: National Union of Teachers, Teaching

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Knut faults registration

The Kitui Kenya National Union of Teachers branch yesterday said it opposes the move by Kenya National Examination Council to register candidates a year before the exams. Speaking in his Kitui town office , the Lower Eastern representative in the National ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 23 2013]

Entities: Kitui (Kenya), Kenya, National Union of Teachers

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Teachers Threaten Industrial Action Over Subsidy

[Zambia Reports]The Zambia National Union of Teachers (ZNUT) has called on government to reinstate the rural hardship and double class allowances or face industrial action.READ FULL STORYThe post appeared first on Zambian News . ... [Published Zambian - May 23 2013]

Entities: Industrial Action, Zambia, National Union of Teachers

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 3 reports

Gove gives nod to 102 more free schools

The Education Secretary Michael Gove has approved 102 new free school applications to open in 2014 and beyond, delivering around 50,000 new school places. But Labour has accused him of missing the point by focusing on one of his "pet projects".There are ... [Published Public Service - May 22 2013]

Entities: Michael Gove, Kevin Brennan, Christine Blower, National Union of Teachers

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

Higher pay 'means larger classes'

Head teachers may have to increase class classes if they are to pay the best teachers higher wages, the chief inspector of schools in England admits.Sir Michael Wilshaw said schools could not afford "highly paid" staff while keep class sizes small.A new ... [Published BBC - May 22 2013]

Entities: Christine Blower, National Union of Teachers, Reformism, England

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 4 reports

Job cut plans force Leicester teachers out on strike

Teachers at Uplands Junior School in Leicester walked out today in protest at plans to axe eight teaching assistants at the end of the summer term.Fifteen National Union of Teachers (NUT) members are on strike over the proposed restructuring.The NUT said ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 21 2013]

Entities: Leicester, National Union of Teachers, Teaching, Principal (education)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Phonics check branded 'a waste of money'

The largest teaching union has slammed the phonics reading check for six-year-olds as a 'waste of money', after Government research found that the majority of teachers found it had 'little or no impact' on children's reading and writing.Most schools said ... [Published Nursery World - May 21 2013]

Entities: National Union of Teachers, Teaching, Michael Gove

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

No more strikes

The Kenya National Union of Teachers yesterday said it will not give any further strike notice to the government over shelved allowances.Union officials Wilson Sossion and Mudzo Nzili asked the new education secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi to ensure the ... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 21 2013]

Entities: Kapsabet (Kenya), National Union of Teachers, Education

Quotes

"Vocational and academic subjects in the secondary phase must be given the recognition and space in the curriculum, and ‘speaking and listening’ skills must not be given second-class status behind reading and writing. Many pupils who truant have communication difficulties."

Education chiefs alarmed over greater truancy [Published Yorkshire Post - May 24 2013]

...town office , the Lower Eastern representative in the National Executive Council Joseph Makuthu said it is an attempt to extort money from parents. "Who will be the beneficiary of the interests that will accumulate in the banks for that one year,’’ Makuthu said. Makuthu said the Knec council should have consulted Knut before making the hurried decision."

Knut faults registration [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 23 2013]

"How can the region be expected to celebrate the victory of Jubilee even when the are not enjoying the sweat of our support, how?" Chirchir posed

Outcry over Cabinet posts [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 22 2013]

"It is time for the government to change tack and allow local authorities to open new schools in areas where there is a genuine need for new places" she said

Britain to have 8 new Sikh, Muslim schools [Published zeenews.com - May 22 2013]

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Ofsted could fail schools backing unions [Published Public Service - May 24 2013]
Smithills’ governor claims academy will benefit... [Published Bolton News - May 24 2013]
More pressure over delayed TSC staff [Published East African Standard - May 24 2013]
Education chiefs alarmed over greater truancy [Published Yorkshire Post - May 24 2013]
£3m council cash crisis looms as Michael Gove d... [Published Islington Tribune - May 23 2013]
Second teachers’ union votes to strike [Published Jersey Evening Post - May 23 2013]
Knut faults registration [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 23 2013]
Teachers Threaten Industrial Action Over Subsidy [Published Zambian - May 23 2013]
Teachers Threaten Industrial Action Over Subsidy [Published AllAfrica.com - May 23 2013]
Feature: Every picture tells a history [Published Times Higher Education Supplement - May 23 2013]
MIGORI - Knut objects to early listing for exams [Published Daily Nation - May 23 2013]
Teachers vote in favour of strike action [Published Jersey Evening Post - May 22 2013]
Outcry over Cabinet posts [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 22 2013]
Britain to have 8 new Sikh, Muslim schools [Published zeenews.com - May 22 2013]
Gove gives nod to 102 more free schools [Published Public Service - May 22 2013]
Kenya: free laptops to be delivered by November [Published HumanIPO - May 22 2013]
Higher pay 'means larger classes' [Published BBC - May 22 2013]
Over 100 new free schools with 50,000 places wi... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 22 2013]
Wales told to go it alone in School examination... [Published This Is South Wales - May 22 2013]
Free Schools for 2014 - Press Release [Published National Union of Teachers - May 22 2013]
Free school offering 'cross-subject' learning a... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 22 2013]
Paul McCartney lends support to free school in ... [Published The Independent - May 22 2013]
Job cut plans force Leicester teachers out on s... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 21 2013]
Reforms to teachers’ pay ‘will mean bigger clas... [Published The Independent - May 21 2013]
Teachers approve industrial action [Published BBC - May 21 2013]
Labour’s Interim Report on Further Education - ... [Published National Union of Teachers - May 21 2013]
Phonics check branded 'a waste of money' [Published Nursery World - May 21 2013]
School budget cuts will not affect teaching sta... [Published TheInformationDaily.com - May 21 2013]
Phonics literacy test for young children 'a was... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 21 2013]
Racism row school shut by strike [Published BBC - May 21 2013]

Blogs

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A cut above the rest [Published Blighty - The Economist - Apr 08 2013] As prime minister from 1979 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain and left an ideological legacy to rival that of Marx, Mao, Gandhi or Reagan SEVERAL prime ministers have occupied 10 Downing Street for as long as, or even longer than, ...
McCluskey’s “general strike” madness [Published Harry's Place - Apr 08 2013] This is a cross-post from Howie’s Corner The BBC reported that Len McCluskey, General Secretary of the largest union Unite has called for a “general strike” against “austerity measures”. The Unite union has submitted a document to the TUC General ...
British teachers worry their union has moved to... [Published The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Rese ... - Apr 02 2013] Ahead of a massive teachers’ strike looming in England, some teachers quietly expressed concerns that their union bosses have moved too far to the left. The National Union of Teachers and NASWUT, which represent 9 out of every 10 of teachers in England, ...
Michael Gove interview [Published The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Dec 12 2012] On Monday, I interviewed Michael Gove for the new Christmas double issue of The Spectator. It’s out tomorrow but here’s a longer version, arranged in subheadings so CoffeeHousers can skip over bits they’re not interested in. This is the picture that ...

Audio/Video

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VIDEO: Teachers debate curriculum changes [Published BBC News Video - UK - Mar 31 2013]
AUDIO: 'Teachers want to be trusted' [Published BBC News Video - UK - Jan 02 2013]