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Homeschooling has ruthlessly exposed the fact that our curriculum is not fit for purpose, says the NEU’s Mary Bousted

Let down by the government, school staff must try to relieve the pressure and stress for each other, writes Mary Bousted

Gavin Williamson’s decision to make minimal changes to next year’s exams shows wilful ignorance about the reality in schools right now, says Mary Bousted

Those who argue schools should reopen because of the widening attainment gap often ignore one fact: the conditions driving that gap were generated by austerity, not coronavirus

Teachers should not have to deliver full timetables of distance-learning during the coronavirus lockdown, writes the joint general secretary of the NEU teaching union. Instead they should be concentrating on caring for one another, and for their students

Many private school teachers feel they have no option but to go on strike, in order to defend their pensions. Mary Bousted explains why