Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist

Sharing views, information and resources for school staff, trade unionists and socialists.

Thursday, 29 October 2015

Education in the 21st Century - factory school products or fully-developed individuals?

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“We are churning out identikit stuff to fuel the employment sector. Don’t we want something more, something individual, something creative, ...
Wednesday, 28 October 2015

So just 'hundreds' of #teachersmake £65k? - the DfE should withdraw its misleading 'up to' claim

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Yesterday, the DfE helpfully decided to launch their misleading “#teachersmake” recruitment campaign during a half-term break. For once, tha...
Tuesday, 27 October 2015

#TeachersMake: My complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority

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Today, faced with a teacher retention crisis of its own making, the DfE launched a new advertisement . Of course, it isn't designed to a...
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Saturday, 17 October 2015

How to improve education - and how to make things worse

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The decision by the Government to rush into publishing tables of schools' provisional GCSE results , even before appeals and remarks hav...
Thursday, 8 October 2015

Morgan throws down gauntlet – not just stopping pay progression but cutting your pay

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The imposition of performance-related pay and the fragmentation of teachers’ pay decisions are already having serious consequences - divisiv...
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Monday, 5 October 2015

World Teachers' Day - a global struggle for education

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World Teachers' Day is a day to restate teachers' determination to defeat the global attacks on public education and teacher trade u...
Sunday, 4 October 2015

Communities under pressure need public services not council cuts

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Last Thursday, hundreds of angry residents packed into the Honor Oak Community Centre to attend a meeting called to discuss the violent deat...
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Martin Powell-Davies

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* Brought up as a socialist by parents who hungered for what is right * One adopted grandfather left me a double-barrelled name, the other his name on a 1926 General Strike black-list * Given a comprehensive education at St.Andrew's, Leatherhead * First-class degree from King's College, Cambridge, for those who like that kind of thing * Secondary science teacher in London 1986-2015 * Lewisham NUT Secretary 1993-2015, organiser of many campaigns to defend teachers and education * Father of four who were all so well-supported by Sedgehill School, SE6. * Member of the NUT National Executive 2010-15 * NEU London Regional Secretary 2016 - 19 * Moved to Cumbria to return to teaching 2019 * Candidate for NEU DGS in 2021 * Proud to have been name-checked by Gove for saying that his 'reforms' could make teaching unbearable * Member of the CWI, following its global struggles via http://www.socialistworld.net * Exiled member of Penge CC, still a 'Middle Aged Man In Lycra' when I can be.
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