Socialist Education Association
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The Socialist Educational Association is an independent socialist educational organisation based in the United Kingdom
. It is affiliated to the Labour Party
as a socialist society, acting as the party's think tank on educational matters for 75 years. Today it assists in the development of and monitors educational policies of the Labour Party.
The Association was founded as the National Association of Labour Teachers in the 1920s, but grew into a broader church and was re-named the ‘Socialist Educational Association’. The Association is organised on a structure of Branches, each Branch being loosely based on an LEA area. The Association has a National Executive Committee which meets eight times a year. This is composed of nationally elected members: Officers, plus eight women and eight men; together with delegates from the branches. The Association also holds an Annual conference in June each year. Caroline Benn
was, for a period, the SEA President.
It aims to promote non-selective education, equality of opportunity and lifelong availability of adequate educational provision throughout the UK. It believes in all compulsory education being free and adequately resourced. It seeks to enlist the support of the Trade Union
and Co-operative movements and to encourage support for a socialist vision of education amongst teaching staff.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. It is affiliated to the Labour Party
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
as a socialist society, acting as the party's think tank on educational matters for 75 years. Today it assists in the development of and monitors educational policies of the Labour Party.
The Association was founded as the National Association of Labour Teachers in the 1920s, but grew into a broader church and was re-named the ‘Socialist Educational Association’. The Association is organised on a structure of Branches, each Branch being loosely based on an LEA area. The Association has a National Executive Committee which meets eight times a year. This is composed of nationally elected members: Officers, plus eight women and eight men; together with delegates from the branches. The Association also holds an Annual conference in June each year. Caroline Benn
Caroline Benn
Caroline Middleton DeCamp Benn , formerly Viscountess Stansgate, was an educationalist and writer, and wife of the British Labour politician Tony Benn ....
was, for a period, the SEA President.
It aims to promote non-selective education, equality of opportunity and lifelong availability of adequate educational provision throughout the UK. It believes in all compulsory education being free and adequately resourced. It seeks to enlist the support of the Trade Union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
and Co-operative movements and to encourage support for a socialist vision of education amongst teaching staff.
See also
- Socialist societiesSocialist societiesA socialist society is a membership organisation that is affiliated with the Labour Party in the UK.The best-known socialist society is the Fabian Society, founded in 1884, some years before the creation of the Labour Party itself . The Society's membership is relatively small , but in Labour...
- Affiliated trade unions
- List of organisations associated with the British Labour Party