'Over-Tested' Children To Strike Over Exams

Children are to strike for the first time in protest at being "over-tested" and "over-worked" by what parents say is an exam-dominated school curriculum. Parents are being urged to keep their children off school for "a day of educational fun instead" and a website run by the Let Our Kids Be Kids campaign includes posts from hundreds of groups or parents who say they will have their children take part in another activity rather than attending classes. The campaign, which is coordinating the kids' strike, has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan calling for an "end to SATs now".