The teachers voted by an overwhelming majority to defy the dictatorial actions of the government, which has placed teachers under martial law and invoked civilian mobilisation measures, attempting to force teachers back to work. Any teacher who goes on strike now faces imprisonment of up to five years and dismissal. Education Minister Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos (New Democracy, ND) said on Wednes

The announcement of plans in Chicago, Illinois to shut down 61 elementary and middle schools marks a new stage in the assault on public education and the social counterrevolution in America.

It is the largest single school closure announcement in US history. In the latest phase of school shutdowns, some 13 percent of primary schools in the nation’s third-largest district will be closed, affect

Professor O’Neill, from Massey’s Institute of Education, was one of 12 education experts who last year conducted a detailed review of international private partnership schools – known as charter schools.

He says the model proposed for New Zealand would simply replicate the worst elements of overseas “charter” or “free” schools.

“Typically, these kinds of schools are given attractive soundin

Kiwi school kids have a rare opportunity to follow a mock Mars Mission at the Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert for the next two weeks.

The TasMars 2013 Team - following on from last year's KiwiMars mission - has just begun a two-week analogue mission to study planetary science, engineering, biosecurity and human factors at the mock Mars base.

The scale of destruction in videos shot at the site, however, suggested more powerful explosives had been used than the rockets the rebels are known to possess.

The tragic deaths of 26 people shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., included 20 young children and six educators.Many more children might have been killed or injured had it not been for the brave and decisive actions of the teachers in the school. The mainstream media was quick to call them heroes, and there is little doubt that what they did under horrific circumst

On Monday morning, Grand Central Publishing will release Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story, a memoir penned by former Goldman employee Greg Smith, based on his op-ed for the New York Times entitled, “Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs.” When Smith’s piece came out last March, few if any senior executives inside the bank were pleased, in part because it came as a total shock. No one at Gol

Another student protest, another mass arrest. Monday, thousands of students from all over California snarled traffic during their march on the Capitol in Sacramento. Hundreds of students then flooded the Rotunda of the Capitol, a somewhat raucous affair. Eventually, the California Highway Patrol cleared them out, and 60 were carted off and thrown in the hoosegow for trespassing and resisting arre

That is the only way to describe ACT MP John Banks' decision to select Catherine Isaac to head the charter schools implementation committee. Isaac is a former ACT Party President, and was a list candidate for the party at the last election. She has no relevant skills and no experience in the education sector. Despite that, she'll be overseeing the infliction of charter schools on the children of

Dear Colleagues,

A brochure on the 22 June Global Day of Action in support of the Financial Transactions Tax (FTT) is available in English and three other languages (French, Portugese and Spanish). This is the link for the English version:
Global Day of Action, June 22, 2011

Best wishes,

Klaus Priegnitz
General Secretary
ITGLWF

The anti-monarchy group Republic said it was taking legal advice today after Camden Council in London rejected its application for a republican street party that would not celebrate the royal wedding.

They say Camden council is discriminating on the grounds of political belief for banning the street party.

Camden initially gave the go ahead in March for Earlham Street in Covent Garden to be

Global fish consumption has hit a record high, an increase largely attributable to a booming fish-farm industry, a UN report says.

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Albany Senior High School is dedicated to being an open and transparent learning community. They evaluated their technology needs and concluded that Open Source Software best supported their vision. They have implemented an Open Source Infrastructure and Open Source software tools.

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