67 h. ago Teen, 17, is taking govt to court over failing to protect her from sick smartphones videos at school

A TEENAGER is taking the Government to court for failing to protect her from smartphones at school. Flossie McShea, 17, says she was traumatised when she was exposed to horrific images and videos from Year 7 onwards. It included graphic videos of a shooting, a beheading and extreme pornography sent and viewed on smartphones during...

Events

7 d. ago Sister of Scots mum feared murdered in Spain 10 years ago still hope to find her

Lisa Brown, from Alexandria, Dumbarton, was reported missing on the Costa del Sol on November 4, 2015 after she failed to pick up he son from school.

Events

3 w. ago Missed chances to save Harvey Willgoose from school violence to chilling shopping list

Harvey Willgoose's mother blames the school for failing to act on knives and believes her son may still be alive if they hadn't missed opportunities to search Mohammed Umar Khan

Economics

3 w. ago The play that changed my life: ‘Waiting for Godot revealed that less is more – it made me fearless’

A school production of Samuel Beckett’s masterpiece, with Nigel Planer in the cast, provided a lesson in forgetting about failureUntil I was 12 I was in the French school system, where theatre was Molière, Corneille, Racine. Going to the theatre meant The Sound of Music or My Fair Lady. Then it was decided I would switch to school in England. So, at 13, I arrived at Westminster school. It was 1968, and the world opened up.I went to see a school production of Waiting for Godot in French in a small room with a little stage, and I was sitting at the back. Musically, I was pretty sophisticated – I already knew about all the psychedelic music that had been happening. I’d seen the Mothers of Invention. I’d seen lots and lots and lots. But I didn’t know there was stuff like this. I suddenly became aware that, just like in music, there was a whole new world out there. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Boris Johnson says DfE failed to plan for school closures during Covid crisis

Former PM tells inquiry that children ‘were paying a huge, huge price to protect the rest of society’Boris Johnson laid blame on the Department for Education (DfE) over its lack of preparation for school closures at the outbreak of the pandemic, telling the Covid-19 inquiry that he assumed detailed planning was going on behind the scenes.“We were focused on trying to delay the peak of the pandemic and we thought that the closure of schools, if it had to be used at all, would be a measure of last resort,” the former prime minister said. He added: “It was my impression that the work was being done. I certainly, let me put it this way, I certainly assumed that the work was being done.” Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Boris Johnson denies UK failed to plan for Covid school closures

Former prime minister defends government’s response to pandemic but admits children paid ‘huge, huge price’

Politics

3 w. ago US investigates Waymo robotaxis over safety around school buses

Top transport safety regulator to determine if self-driving vehicles failed to follow traffic laws for stopped busesThe US’s main transportation safety regulator said on Monday it had opened a preliminary investigation into about 2,000 Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports that the company’s robotaxis may have failed to follow traffic safety laws around stopped school buses.The investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is the latest federal review of self-driving systems as regulators scrutinize how driverless technologies interact with pedestrians, cyclists and other road users. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago Austin teacher begs Matthew McConaughey for help saving the failing school from the ‘Dazed and Confused’ film

Orchestra leader Samantha Stewart said the school’s ‘F’ rating ‘does not encompass our whole campus’

Events

4 w. ago Majority of parents 'DON'T think children need to be potty trained before starting school', poll reveals

New government data suggests parents are failing to prepare their tots for pre-school.

Society