Is the fact that many of England's schools are closed today not newsworthy?

[Lonelyplanet]

If it was a snow day it would be on all the front pages.

However school funding issues that have become so bad that the majority of teachers are taking action and refusing to work, doesn't appear to be of any consequence. Do people really care that little about the state of our education system, or are we being manipulated yet again by the press?

Not all are closed, lots it’s only certain year groups.
Parents are starting to lose sympathy with teachers, especially when they found out how little junior doctors and nurses earn and how little holidays they get in comparison.

It’s just the consequence of repeated strike action.

It gets less interesting to the general public. That train strike in specific is getting attention because it’s inconveniently timed to fuck over everyone with FA Cup tickets - so it’ll get media attention. Which is why it’s scheduled like that.

I’m not at all saying I agree; the state of schools is horrific and I massively support teachers and do everything I can to draw attention to it and help them. I’ve supported teacher friends on picket lines through these strikes.

But digital media is driven by eyeballs, and the BBC is no different. There’s no newsworthiness in schools repeatedly being closed. I’m not suggesting public support drops, but public engagement does, views do. So that’ll be why it’s not front page news.

@YouveGotAFastCar absolutely, there's a civil service strike tomorrow and I can guarantee there will be very little coverage, it doesn't impact people very much nor is it very interesting? (There isn't very much sympathy for us either!)

My sons year group worked from home whilst the rest of the school remained open. I do not support the teachers strikes, my sons school during Covid, more money? I think not

So you don't actually know what the strikes are for? Maybe do some research.

I think since covid, more children are just used to working from home. With the rise of online resources/work/homework as well as Teams/Zoom, etc, being the norm, they can easily work from home on strike days. A lot of parents work from home too, so they will be juggling both in lots of circumstances.

That and the fact all the strike days have become white noise to people, not just teaching but lots of sectors, and it's not shocking anymore so less people take notice and just get used to working around it.

No point setting work on a strike day. You’re either on strike and closed completely, or you’re open and it’s full steam ahead. I’ve starting to loose sympathy now. Wish I wasn’t but 5 days’ leave gone = no summer holiday for us. Hard not to be bitter.