34 h. ago School principal arrested after hosting boozy house party for 100 of her students

Elizabeth Hill-Brodigan has been suspended from Roosevelt Elementary School in Cocoa Beach, Florida, after several teenagers were found drunk at a party held at her home

Society

67 h. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted by rowdy constituents at Georgia town hall

Police used a stun gun on two people and made three arrests as Maga representative was repeatedly interruptedUS politics live – latest updatesPolice used a stun gun on two people, and arrested three attenders overall, at a town hall meeting hosted by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday.Protesters repeatedly interrupted Greene during a town hall in Acworth, which is about 30 minutes outside Atlanta. One man, Andrew Russell Nelms, began booing Greene almost as soon as she began speaking, and was dragged out of the room by police officers, who used a stun gun on him, according to the New York Times. Continue reading...

Politics

67 h. ago Police use stun gun on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia town hall

Three arrests were made as Maga representative’s meeting was repeatedly interrupted by protestersUS politics live – latest updatesPolice used a stun gun on two people, and arrested three attenders overall, at a town hall meeting hosted by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday.Protesters repeatedly interrupted Greene during a town hall in Acworth, which is about 30 minutes outside Atlanta. One man, Andrew Russell Nelms, began booing Greene almost as soon as she began speaking, and was dragged out of the room by police officers, who used a stun gun on him, according to the New York Times. Continue reading...

Events

3 d. ago Plan to phase out English at county's schools 'doesn't go far enough'

Gwynedd Council plans to make Welsh the principal language of education in every school it administers in the county

Politics

4 d. ago Rory McIlroy an ‘incredible inspiration’ to pupils at his former school

Sullivan Upper principal Craig Mairs said he hopes McIlroy will return to the school again with his ‘second green blazer’.

Politics

2 w. ago Significant plan to make Welsh the principal language of every school in one county

The shake-up will see English medium streams phased out

Politics

2 w. ago I loved being a principal, but Australia has grown complacent about the growing violence directed at educators | Andy Mison

School principals are resilient but, in an alarming number of cases, their job harms them. We would not tolerate these conditions in other workplacesI’ve been lucky. I’ve enjoyed a rewarding career in education, including almost 15 years as a principal in the Northern Territory and the ACT. I’ve worked with wonderful teachers and administrative staff, and shared in the successes of hundreds of young people and their families as they grow and graduate high school, going on to further study, employment and life adventures.I’ve also experienced verbal and physical abuse, aggression and violence from students and their carers, directed at me and my colleagues in the course of my work as a school leader. I once regarded these occasional events as part of the job, normal in our frontline occupation. I now think we have grown complacent about the levels of violence toward a predominantly female workforce that we would not tolerate in other workplaces. As the latest data from the Australian...

Politics

2 w. ago Carmarthenshire council is overspending by millions of pounds but the figure is coming down

The principal cause is school spending more than they've been allocated

Economics

2 w. ago Veterans recall ‘euphoric’ VE Day celebrations ahead of 80th anniversary

Attendees, aged between 96 and 100, gathered for a tea party at The Ritz to share memories of the historic day.

Politics