17 h. ago Teacher's horror act in court after admitting to filming sexual videos of students

Parents were sent an official statement after a teacher was arrested and appeared in court after indecent images sent to minors were discovered on his phone – and he performed a horrific act in court

Events

32 h. ago Council's 'crazy' plans to prioritise Welsh over English in schools blasted by teachers... but what do parents think?

EXCL: Plans by Welsh council bosses' to reduce the amount of lessons taught in English to 'bolster' Welsh have been applauded by residents despite being slammed as 'crazy' by teachers.

Society

43 h. ago Voices: I’ve been bullied on the class WhatsApp – the parents are even worse than the kids

Schools are reportedly asking lawyers to draw up codes of conduct to help manage parent WhatsApp groups, but it’s not just teachers suffering abuse on them, says Caroline Brown, it’s parents like me

Politics

3 d. ago Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: Teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools

Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew TateA rise in misogyny and racism is flooding UK schools as pupils ape the behaviour of figures such as Donald Trump and Andrew Tate after exposure through social media and online gaming, teachers have warned.A survey by the NASUWT union found most teachers identified social media as “the number one cause” of pupil misbehaviour, with female staff bearing the brunt. Teachers also raised concerns about parents who refuse to accept school rules or take responsibility for their children’s behaviour. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Welsh talent signs deal with English club to rule out immediate return to Wales

The scrum-half was outstanding in his side's recent victory

Economics

6 d. ago Britain's 'bullying' school WhatsApps: How parents gang up on teachers, embarrass children and humiliate parents in cliquey group chats

A WhatsApp chat of parents seems innocent on the surface but, according to testimonies from parents across the nation, they are a place where clique behaviours and humiliation run rife.

Society

1 week ago Horror deodorant can blast blinds schoolgirl as face dripped in blood from fire

The mum of a girl blinded in one eye following bonfire idiocy has said it's the fact that she's got to live with this for the rest of her life that is hurting her the most

Events

1 week ago Florida teacher fired after calling student their ‘preferred name’ without parents’ permission

Melissa Calhoun worked for Brevard Public Schools for 11 years

Society

1 week ago Now even a union boss calls for a total mobile phone ban in schools to ease 'pressure' on teachers and warns pupils are accessing 'damaging' porn

Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), joined the growing chorus demanding a ban, saying it would alleviate the pressure on parents and teachers.

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1 week ago Parents slammed for 'ruining their kids' life' after teacher reveals struggle to pronounce bizarre name

Mike, from New York, recently took to TikTok to relay a story told by a teacher friend of his, who came across a name that was more riddle than moniker.

Society

2 w. ago Today's rugby news as English club desperate to tie Wales star down and Welsh players suffer humiliation

The top rugby news from Wales and around the world.

Sport

2 w. ago Scarlets bring in talented Welsh youngster from English side

The 19-year-old featured regularly in the recent U20s Six Nations

Politics

2 w. ago My life in class limbo: am I working class or insufferably bourgeois?

I have two degrees, two books to my name and I write for the Guardian. Yet I spent time in care, live at home and struggle for money. Can Karl Marx help me make sense of myself?I have been obsessed with and confused by social class all my life. Both of my grandparents grew up in Liverpool in the 1930s in traditionally working-class households. They were clever and conscientious and managed to earn scholarships to university, eventually becoming teachers. My parents have university degrees and own property; one of them is now a judge. To most people, all these things place me squarely and categorically in the middle class. But I was in special educational schools from the age of nine, spent part of my childhood in care, left education altogether at 14 and collected the dole until getting my first job in a cotton mill. All these things make me a dyed-in-the-wool prole.And yet I have two degrees, I have written two books and I freelance for the Guardian – you can’t get m...

Politics

3 w. ago How and why parents and teachers are introducing young children to AI

Guardian readers share the ways and reasons they are preparing their children and students for a future that may necessitate familiarity with generative artificial intelligenceSince the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence has trickled down from adults in their offices to university students in campus libraries to teenagers in high school hallways. Now it’s reaching the youngest among us, and parents and teachers are grappling with the most responsible way to introduce their under-13s to a new technology that may fundamentally reshape the future. Though the terms of service for ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and other AI models specify that the tools are only meant for those over 13, parents and teachers are taking the matter of AI education into their own hands.Inspired by a story we published on parents who are teaching their children to use AI to set them up for success in school and at work, we asked Guardian readers how and why – or why not – others are...

Society

3 w. ago Police chief blasts force after parents arrested over school WhatsApp group

Times Radio producer Maxie Allen, 50 and his partner Rosalind Levine, 46, were arrested on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications after a 'trivial' dispute.

Events

3 w. ago Moment father who complained about teacher recruitment process in parents' WhatsApp group is arrested for 'harassment', led away by six police officers and interrogated for 11 HOURS

Police questioned a father on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications after he complained about a teacher recruitment process in a parents' WhatsApp group.

Events

3 w. ago 'Warped' teacher's sick campaign of sex abuse exposed after parent saw messages to daughter

Simon Clark was described as 'a sexual predator who preyed on young girls' by detectives who investigated the case which began with a parent concerned about their child

Events

3 w. ago Jelly Good Show! But enjoy frogspawn magic in its natural home

RSPCA experts have appealed to children, parents and teachers to resist the temptation to take frog and toad spawn home to watch it grow into adult amphibians.

Politics

3 w. ago Parents issued warning over putting towels around their kids' shoulders

Certified US swim coach Nikki Scarnati has issued a stern warning for parents to avoid wrapping a towel around their children's shoulders, and By The Dunes has come up with a cute and safe alternative.

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3 w. ago Parents issued warning on putting towels around their kids' shoulders

Certified US swim coach Nikki Scarnati has issued a stern warning for parents to avoid wrapping a towel around their children's shoulders, and By The Dunes has come up with a cute and safe alternative.

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