27 h. ago Primary school teacher banned from classroom after online chats with undercover cop

Julian Barker, 50, sent images of a child and took part in 'sexualised' conversations while working as a supply teacher in Bolton

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51 h. ago Former Texas teacher accused of sexual relationship with middle school student

Kara Hernandez faces charges of indecency with a child involving sexual contact and an improper relationship with a student

Society

68 h. ago One in five teachers hit or punched by pupils in the past year, shocking survey shows

The NASUWT says there have been 30,000 violent incidents against teachers involving pupils with a weapon in the last 12 months

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3 d. ago Steve Coogan on his very unusual new comedy: ‘The penguin takes the edge off the fascism’

In ‘The Penguin Lessons’, the man behind Alan Partridge plays a school teacher in military-occupied Argentina who forms an unlikely bond with a seabird. Such tonal extremes required a delicate hand, he and his co-star Jonathan Pryce tell Annabel Nugent

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4 d. ago Dad fuming after daughter suspended for 'standing up to bully' in horror school classroom brawl

Shocking footage shows a teacher looking on in stunned silence as a boy and girl fight in front of a packed school classroom - leading to both pupils being suspended

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6 d. ago Primary school teacher who called Muslims 'entitled' and showed blackface film to children is spared classroom ban

Grace Whiley played a video of an old Sinbad film during an English lesson at Bluebell Primary School in Norwich.

Culture

8 d. ago The science behind the perfect cup of coffee: everything you need to know, from grind size to roast

New research on the optimal pour height this week adds another layer to the quest for caffeinated perfection There is an episode of the hit TV series Breaking Bad in which Walter White, high school chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin, meets a new colleague in front of a tangle of clamps, pipes and slowly dripping flasks. When the other character lets him taste what he has been brewing, White is stunned. “My God, that is the best coffee I’ve ever tasted,” he says. “Why the hell are we making meth?”Coffee may not be – quite – as addictive as methamphetamines, but to some of its aficionados, the hunt for the perfect hit of bean, roast, grind and brew is as seductive as any drug. That search took another step forward this week with new research into the optimal height and speed from which to pour water on to coffee grounds. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Teacher right to let child sit in school toilet for four hours to calm down, panel rules

A child who went into a school toilet at 11am and didn't come out until 3.20pm was safe and came out 'happy and calm', an Education Workforce Council Wales hearing found

Society

1 week ago Catholic school teacher's outrageous excuse for having sex with her student

Emily Nutley, 43, has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual battery over a physical relationship with a student at the Ohio school in November and December 2023.

Society

1 week ago ‘Some of these diseases are in the Bible’: despair as cuts halt progress on age

They are debilitating afflictions that people don’t know about, don’t understand and struggle to pronounce. Now health workers fear they will surge in Africa as USAID-funded drug distribution programmes are cutSince 2013, for around two weeks each year, Sulaiman Tarawallie has pulled on his community drug distributor (CDD) uniform and gone from household to household in his remote farming community to hand out medication to fight river blindness and lymphatic filariasis. Once he has completed the rounds of his village, he heads further out to take the drugs to even more remote homes – keeping the diseases that had plagued generations at bay with a handful of pills.But this year, Tarawallie, who works as a community health worker and primary school teacher in Sierra Leone’s northern Bombali district, will not be making his annual trip. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Private school sports teacher who let pupils drink alcohol on hockey trip to Belgium and told them 'what goes on tour, stays on tour' avoids classroom ban

Gregory Durston 'turned a blind eye' while children as young as 15 bought rounds of beers and ciders, a Teaching Regulation Agency panel heard.

Society

1 week ago The Penguin Lessons is just the latest film that teaches us how animals rescue men from loneliness

The comedy, about a curmudgeon played by Steve Coogan and his waddling new friend, joins a subgenre of movies from King Kong to John Wick – in which men are emotionally and socially rescued by animalsThe penguin at the centre of The Penguin Lessons, a new movie by Peter Cattaneo, is nothing if not hard-working. The film, adapted from the 2015 memoir by Tom Michell, uses the political turmoil of Argentina in 1976 as a backdrop for the personal transformation of an English teacher at a boys’ school. Michell (Steve Coogan) is an idle curmudgeon when he rescues an oil-drenched Magellan penguin from a beach in Uruguay in an attempt to impress an attractive woman. She leaves, but he is stuck with the bird, whom he duly names Juan Salvador, and who thaws him out sufficiently to bond with students and colleagues, process past trauma and rekindle a political idealism.Naturally, there are hurdles for Juan Salvador to clear before the interspecies friendship spreads its wings. Michell tries a ...

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1 week ago The Penguin Lessons is the latest film to teach us animals rescue men from loneliness

The comedy, about a curmudgeon played by Steve Coogan and his waddling new friend, joins a subgenre of movies from King Kong to John Wick – in which men are emotionally and socially rescued by animalsThe penguin at the centre of The Penguin Lessons, a new movie by Peter Cattaneo, is nothing if not hard-working. The film, adapted from the 2015 memoir by Tom Michell, uses the political turmoil of Argentina in 1976 as a backdrop for the personal transformation of an English teacher at a boys’ school. Michell (Steve Coogan) is an idle curmudgeon when he rescues an oil-drenched Magellan penguin from a beach in Uruguay in an attempt to impress an attractive woman. She leaves, but he is stuck with the bird, whom he duly names Juan Salvador, and who thaws him out sufficiently to bond with students and colleagues, process past trauma and rekindle a political idealism.Naturally, there are hurdles for Juan Salvador to clear before the interspecies friendship spreads its wings. Michell tries a ...

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1 week ago Headteacher admits attacking fellow teacher and intended to cause him serious injury

Anthony Felton was head of St Joseph's School in Sandfields, Port Talbot, when he attacked a fellow teacher in March this year

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1 week ago 'I quit my stressful job as a teacher and now work half the hours but earn twice as much'

Harriet Bermingham, 31, from Worsley, Salford, left her role as a primary school teacher and now has 85 children on her books, earning twice what she did before for half the amount of hours

Society

2 w. ago Were you raised by a 'peacock parent'? How to spot if your mother or father was a narcissist

According to UK consultant clinical psychologist Dr Nihara Krause, a 'peacock parent' will almost certainly struggle to meet their child's emotional needs

Politics

2 w. ago Boy's death in Kentucky flooding raises questions about why school district didn't cancel classes

A 9-year-old Kentucky boy who died in floodwaters while walking to catch his school bus is being remembered by his teacher as the “sweetest, kindest boy.”

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2 w. ago A high school teacher offered teenager $2,000 to kill her husband, authorities allege

‘This particular teacher was attempting to groom this young person into committing murder,’ a Columbus police spokesperson said

Culture

2 w. ago School boss who kept condoms in his desk and told female teacher he wanted to 'wrap his snake around her neck' before asking others their favourite sex position AVOIDS classroom ban

Gareth Linwood, a headteacher who kept condoms at his desk and sent female staffers photos of sex positions asking which their favourite was, has avoided being thrown out of the classroom.

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2 w. ago Trans teacher in Texas resigns after online attacks: ‘I’m heartbroken’

Rosie Sandri says her ‘hands were tied’ after slew of criticism, including death threats, led to her resignationA trans teacher at a Texas high school has resigned after becoming the target of conservative backlash and online attacks.Rosie Sandri came out as a trans woman about seven months ago. Her colleagues at Red Oak high school and the Red Oak independent school district were very supportive, she recalled to NBC News. Continue reading...

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