More than 37,000 people have signed an open letter backing striking teachers ahead of a national walkout. Many also sent heartfelt messages of support and shared their experiences as parents and grandparents.
Nearly 9,000 people have added a personal note to the online letter launched by campaign group 38 Degrees and the National Education Union (NEU). Among them are messages from parents and grandparents sharing their experience - and saying they are backing industrial action despite the disruption it will cause them.
Walkouts by teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) in England and Wales will take place on Wednesday – the first of seven days of strikes in February and March. The strikes come amid a pay dispute and threaten disruption to more than 23,000 schools this week.
