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A COMMUNITY campaign to provide impoverished Scottish kids with stationery on their return to school has been hailed a phenomenal success.
Clackmannanshire Labour Party arranged for stationery sets to be distributed to over 150 pupils in the county. The packs included pencil cases, highlighters, rulers, rubbers, sharpeners, pens, pencils and notebooks.
Party secretary Grant Aitken told the Morning Star: “The campaign was a success, but it was shocking to see so many families in need of a helping hand.
CHRISTIAN KNOBLAUCH is thrilled by the response of children to the presence of artefacts from the British Museum in their classrooms
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
The EIS president who defended Marxist politics in the 1980s fought Thatcherite educational policies while organising Teachers for Peace rallies and ensuring Morning Star circulation in Scotland’s pit villages and factories, writes JOHN FOSTER
