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FIGHTING TO DEFEND STATE EDUCATION FOR 25 YEARS
     Editorial:
A culture of corruption


Highlights and lessons
from teacher conferences
by Hank Roberts


Teacher training —
50 per cent off!
by Andy Garner


Defending state education

Burston Strike School Rally

Fighting the closure
of Sinfin Community School


Academy watch

Rearranging deck chairs on
New Labour's SS Education
by Andy Dyer


War and peace
our overriding concern
by Tony Farsky


Tragedy and triumph
by Bill Greenshield


International news:
Cuba, Australia



SUMMER 2009        No. 100        £1.00

Pupils in Parkview School, Barrow, protest at the proposal to turn the school into an academy. They were supported by 100 parents protesting outside the school. www.antiacademies.org.uk