24 h. ago South Korea arrests teacher and parent accused of breaking into school to steal exam papers

The school has recommended the student for expulsion

Events

33 h. ago State schools falling behind private schools in AI ‘digital divide’ – report

Nearly a fifth of state school teachers in England do not use artificial intelligence compared to 8% of private school teachers, a survey suggests.

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41 h. ago Schools told to make sex education ‘stage appropriate’ as age limit plans axed

Primary school teachers can decide to discuss the sharing of naked images or online sexual content if it is affecting their pupils, guidance says.

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4 d. ago Teacher didn't tell primary school she was dating paedo 'because he was in prison'

Year 1 teacher Leanne Till, 36, has been banned from the classroom indefinitely after failing to tell bosses at her school that her partner was a convicted child sex offender

Events

5 d. ago Primary school teacher banned from classroom over relationship with jailed paedophile

Leanne Till didn't tell her school her partner was a convicted child sex offender

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5 d. ago Teacher didn't tell primary school her partner was paedophile 'because he was in prison'

Leanne Till didn't tell her school her partner was a convicted child sex offender

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5 d. ago Primary teachers strike in row over pupil behaviour and how school is being managed

Governors say the wellbeing and education of children remain top priorities and insist 'the school is a safe environment for both children and staff'

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6 d. ago Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million from Trump over ‘political retaliation and abuse of power’

Palestinian student activist accuses administration of carrying out targeted arrests designed to ‘terrorize’ him and his family

Politics

6 d. ago ‘What should be taught in schools?’: the infamous ‘Scopes monkey trial’ turns 100

In 1925, a Tennessee battle over teaching evolution in schools gripped the US and, as festivities commemorate the chaos, the case remains grimly relevantHer great-grandfather was a doctor called to attend to the lawyer who put the case for creationism. Her great-grandmother was related to Charles Darwin. And now she works in the courthouse where the “trial of the century” – in which a high school teacher was accused of illegally teaching evolution – began exactly a century ago on Thursday.No one has a perspective on the “Scopes monkey trial” quite like Pat Guffey, a former high school biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee. As the city prepares to mark the centenary with a week-long festival including a dramatic re-enactment of the court battle, she is aware how its legacy proved both a blessing and a curse. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Teachers strike at South London secondary school over redundancies 'that could put students at risk'

Teachers strike at South London secondary school over redundancies 'that could put students at risk'  My London

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7 d. ago Primary school teacher banned after failing to tell bosses she was in relationship with sex offender

Leanne Till was found to have made the ‘deliberate decision’ not to inform the school of her relationship

Events

7 d. ago Tragic schoolboy said 'I didn't come to school to fight' minutes before he was stabbed to death by fellow pupil on their lunch break, court hears

Harvey Willgoose, 15, was knifed in the heart during the school lunchbreak by a 15-year-old boy, who then told teachers: 'You know I can't control it.'

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7 d. ago Government told to fully fund teacher pay rise to prevent school provision cuts

Four education unions have made a ‘united’ call to ministers to provide additional investment to schools for increased staff salaries.

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8 d. ago NSW woman on emotional ‘rollercoaster’ after losing arm in zoo lion attack, family says

Darling Downs zoo owner Steve Robinson says his sister-in-law Joanne Cabban, who remains in a stable condition in hospital, has not yet provided details of the attackFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe NSW school teacher maimed in a lion attack at a Queensland zoo at the weekend is struggling to come to terms with losing her arm, her family says.The woman, in her 50s, has been identified as Parkes school teacher Joanne Cabban.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Society

8 d. ago Labour's pledge of 6,500 teachers funded by private school VAT 'lacks coherent plan'

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said it is 'unclear' how meeting this pledge will ensure there are enough teachers in the right areas.

Society

9 d. ago Teachers strike after Jamaican staff 'targeted' at south London school

Teachers at a school in Beckenham have complained about being ‘severely overworked to the point of exhaustion’

Events

9 d. ago Female teacher accused of scandalous acts with student in car parked outside school

A female teacher has been accused of engaging in scandalous acts with a pupil too young to consent on school grounds and in the teacher's car while parked outside the school premises

Society

9 d. ago ‘I don’t want my training to go to waste’: the Argentinian scientists working side jobs amid Milei’s sweeping cuts

Javier Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers Leonardo Amarilla is desperate. The geneticist and PhD in biological sciences holds a coveted position as a full-time researcher at Argentina’s prestigious national science council, Conicet, studying how to improve yields of crops such as peanuts, soya beans and sunflowers.But after President Javier Milei imposed sweeping austerity measures, known locally as his “chainsaw” plan, Amarilla’s salary plummeted and he found he could no longer afford basic groceries or support his ageing parents. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: So, Chancellor, why is it so wrong to stand by a solemn election pledge?

Are Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves actually secretly pleased to have been publicly humiliated by their own backbenchers? A cynic might conclude this was so.

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2 w. ago DOE withholds billions from school for teacher training and afterschool programs in districts as it looks to trim agency

Educators some say the reality is ‘worse than [they] imagined’ – after having expected to begin receiving the grants on July 1

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