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Meet the parents joining striking teachers
Teachers striking: a nightmare for parents everywhere, surely?
Not all parents. We tracked down a couple of mothers with their children who chose to join teachers as about 1,000 people marched through Bristol.
Helene Jewell, 42, a freelance facilitator, said she brought her children, aged eight and three, along for a different kind of lesson.
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“It’s a different way of educating them,” she said as the march left College Green. “I support these techers; they are the ones striking for our children’s futures.”
Molly Anderson, 44, who brought her eight-year-old who goes to St Werburgh’s Primary School along for the march with placards and all, added: “This is about investing in their long-term education.
“One day out of school is not destructive to their education, but a long-term lack of funding is.”
The NUT called the strike based on analysis by the Institute of Fiscal Studies which says spending per pupil is expected to fall by about eight per cent in real terms by 2020.
Nicky Morgan, education secretary, said more was being spent on school than ever before and strike was “unnecessary” and “harmful”.
About 1,000 people joined a rally on College Green at 11am – the fourth protest to be held there in seven working days since the Brexit vote – before protesters marched through the city centre.
Jewell added: “I think it’s vital we understand what this is all about. It’s important the teachers have the resources to educate our children properly.”
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