Wendy Geus: Manipulative teachers must get back in the classroom and back unflagging minister

As the left and media wage war against this government and parents and students lose faith.

Decades ago there was an expression called the 'play way' used to cynically describe an apparent lack of structure for new entrants in their first year at school.

Kate Hawkesby: I have sympathy for all sides when it comes to teacher strikes

So just as we have rolling strikes beginning this week in New Zealand, the UK has strikes going on too.

Nurses and teachers.

Today here more than 22,000 schools were disrupted with a mass walkout of Union members. And if you think our strikes are bad, this is the fifth time this year teachers in England have walked off the job demanding better pay and conditions.