Decrying widespread funding cuts, ballooning class sizes, lengthening workdays, and the Conservative government’s emphasis on austerity in public education, thousands of teachers across England walked out of classes on Tuesday(5/7/16) for a 24-hour nationwide strike. Approximately 7,000 of England’s 22,000 publicly-run state schools were affected by the strike.
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— source commondreams.org