Martin Powell-Davies - teacher, trade unionist and socialist
Sharing views, information and resources for school staff, trade unionists and socialists.
Wednesday, 28 October 2020
Fully open schools are unsafe - union action needed so that the facts can no longer be ignored
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A fortnight ago, I posted an update about why the continuing denial of Covid transmission in schools must be challenged – and not just in w...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020
Denial of Covid transmission in schools must be challenged
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The second Covid wave is accelerating globally. In the UK, infection rates in many areas are now at such high levels that the "R rate...
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
After the Algorithm - the place of exams in a socialist curriculum
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The enforced government U-turns over the grading of this summer’s school exams has shone a spotlight on the inbuilt class inequality inheren...
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
A Safe Return to Schools? What does the Public Health England survey really show?
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With the new term rapidly approaching in England, a phoney debate is being created suggesting that school safety campaigners don’t recognise...
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
Tories forced into Exam grade U-turn - LBC debate
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After the Tories were forced by mounting youth protests into a U-turn over exam grading, I was invited to debate alongside Katharine Birbal...
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
From first wave to second? Boris Johnson’s covid failures
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Back in March, when the spread of the coronavirus pandemic was accelerating globally, the Socialist newspaper explained that “a newly-spread...
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