It's still not too late to book your place at this year's Annual Conference which takes place in Birmingham on Saturday June 22nd. Speakers include Neal Lawson, Chair of Compass, Professor Richard Hatcher of BCU and NUT President, Beth Davies. To book simply email: socialisteducation@virginmedia.com and let us know your name. Alternatively you can click on the link below to download a booking form with full details of the venue and the arrangements for the day. The conference fee includes lunch.

Read a new pamphlet about the reality behind the rhetoric, with a series of essays on the current crisis

After three years of Michael Gove as Secretary of State, English schools are being changed perhaps beyond recall. The claims by Gove's supporters that this is a revolution are justified. No aspect of English education is without constant and unargued change. There is no debate, and no attempt at consensus.

The Accord Coalition had launched a new campaign for 'fair admissions' to schools. You can read the invitation to join it, like the SEA, from Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain MBE,
Chair of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education below.

Come and join us at the House of Commons and be present at the launch of 'A Better Future for Our Schools'. At 6.30pm in the Grand Committee Room on June 12th, Melissa Benn, Kevin Brennan and Fiona Millar will be speaking at the launch of a document produced by SEA, CASE and others which sets out the top ten priorities for an incoming Labour government.

E Act the Academy Chain that boasts that it 'aspire(s) to transform the educational landscape of the UK' has been criticised for widespread financial irregularities in an official report. The landscape has indeed been transformed from one of public sector service to one where 'expenses claims and use of corporate credit cards indicate a culture involving prestige venues, large drinks bills, business lunches and first class travel, all funded from public monies'.

The 261 most dilapidated schools have been waiting for funds to rebuild since Michael Gove abolished the Labour government's own scheme. Now, shockingly, 137 of those most in need of rebuilding have been told they have to wait, again.The Department for Education said some 137 schools earmarked for the programme a year ago, would now be "delivered using capital funding, subject to the next spending review settlement." More details about the delays can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22483690

A new report from the Public Accounts Committee has highlighted the profligate spending by the Department for Education on its pet projects, namely the unfettered expansion of Academies and Free Schools. Martin Johnson, deputy general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: "It's hard to know which is worse, the lack of financial transparency in academies or the government's failure to check for and identify instances of misuse of funds.

Concern grows about the rush to implement changes to the curriculum by 2014. ASCL, which represents many secondary heads, has called for an extension to a consultation which ends next week. There is widespread recognition that Michael Gove is so desperate to implement the changes before he leaves office, he will place political expediency above the necessity to test the proposals robustly before introducing them. More information about this story can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22123931

Not content with uniting the NUT with the ATL in votes of no confidence, Michael Gove is confronted by reality in this video commissioned by the NASUWT: http://www.goveversusreality.com/

Please have a look and pass it on to your friends.