Teacher strikes

[rollonthesummer]

bbc

Conservative spokesman has a cheek saying that it's the teachers who are out of touch with children and parents :(

Well, the article said funding crisis caused by pay, pensions and more pupils. The conservatives will keep per pupil the same, so numbers are not an issue - therfore down to pension and pay, which the teachers have been striking about for ages.
The conservatives will also spend more than the other parties, so why single them out?

Conservatives will keep funding the same regardless of inflation. So that's not really protecting funding, is it carol?

Where does it say that the Conservatives wil spend more than the other parties?

It says:

Labour said it would protect the schools budget in line with inflation, and the Conservatives promised to protect per pupil funding in cash terms but not accounting for inflation.

So the conservatives are, in real terms, spending less.

Not quite the same then, is it!?

Think we're arguing against no one, rollon. carol has buggered off.

Yes, I think you are right.

Another thing that annoys me about that article is the suggestion that the funding issues heading for schools are down to overpaid teachers and their fat cat pensions (with the increase in pupil numbers being tagged on as an afterthought)!

Highly frustrating.

God I hope the Tories don't get in again.

Not that I will (or in fact any teacher that I've spoken to) vote Tory, but have Labour said what their Education policies are apart from scrapping unqualified teachers??

I haven't read the detail of it, but they say they will end the Free Schools programme and have some other programme for establishing new schools. Also something about locally controlled mechanisms for improving underperforming schools. Their bumf has lots of stuff about local control of various things.

Also something about locally controlled mechanisms for improving underperforming schools.

Hmmmm, maybe we could call them Local Education Authorities and use the acronym LEA!

Thanks for that-am off to have a read.

Sorry was elsewhere - the Labour pledge does not take account of rising pupil numbers, expected to be 7%.
Quote from the bbc article above:

'We have committed to protect the money that schools receive for every individual child they teach. As pupil numbers rise, so will the amount of money that schools receive. This means we have committed to spending £590m more on schools over the next five years than Labour plan to."

This is on the Labour website:

1) We will put teaching standards first, ensuring that all teachers in all state schools become qualified and continue to build their skills, with more opportunities for high quality professional development, new career pathways and revalidation on a rolling basis.

Is revalidation the 5-yearly teacher MOT that Tristram was banging on about some time ago?