As schools are forced to be academies, the will of the people means nothing | Aditya Chakrabortty

This conversion is in effect privatisation, and more undemocratic than any EU directive – as one school’s story shows

Saturday morning, and Stevenage appears to be bracing itself for a riot. Police cars block off road after road. Sirens scythe the air. Officers hurry about in hi-vis. And at the eye of this storm is not some motley crew of furious insurgents, but hundreds of children and mums and dads, marching last weekend to save the school they love.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2Ge6GHL

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