Results tagged “teachers” from Birmingham Post - News Blog
The biggest teacher strike in recent decades will soon be upon us. Some schools - including my sons - will be shut for two days this week.
The disruption to parents, many of whom will have to sort out alternative childcare arrangements - will be major.
The mood among many parents I have spoken to is one of frustration and even resentment. It is, after all, the teachers and Ministers who constantly tell us how damaging it is to miss even one day from school. They tell us off for taking holidays during term time highlighting the impact on our children's education.
I thought political posturing by unions had followed Scargill into the chapter marked 'irrelevant' in the history books, but it seems the National Union of Teachers has other ideas.


















