‘Public school teachers take to the streets against education reform’

Public school teachers staged a strike on May 9 in protest of reforms proposed by Education Minister José Ignacio Wert, which were to be presented in Friday’s weekly cabinet meeting but have been postponed. Organisers claim 72 per cent of teachers and 90 per cent of students joined the protest, but the government says there was only a 20 per cent turnout. In its editorial, El Pais says there was “no consensus” and that “a reform so roundly rejected should not be imposed.” The reforms would impose an estimated €6.7bn in spending cuts.