42 m. ago New Zealand banned phones in schools 12 months ago. Here’s what happened

The goal was to cut the distractions so kids could learn and achieve - but not everyone was on board

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53 m. ago 'I died for 24 minutes on school run, what I saw on other side changed my life'

Tessa says she now longer fears death having floated out of her body when her heart stopped working

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58 m. ago Teacher who 'sexually assaulted schoolgirl' set up party firm for tots as young as one

Teacher Jeremy Cotton sent his victim more than 100 emails in a month. When brought before a professional conduct panel he moaned members "always side with the student"

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1 hour ago ‘Can kick me out of any funk’: why Sullivan’s Travels is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series on writers’ top comfort films is a reminder of why Preston Sturges’s 1941 comedy is unbeatableI shudder to think who I would have become had I never once been a 13-year-old girl roaming the stacks of a suburban Blockbuster Video. I fell in love with movies mostly because I wanted to impress the older high school boys who worked behind the counter. The nicer ones took time to recommend their favorite films. So I must thank the beautiful, near clone of OC-era Adam Brody who enthusiastically sold me on Sullivan’s Travels, Preston Sturges’s 1941 classic. I’ve seen it so many times that I’ve come to consider it an old friend.Perhaps unsurprisingly, what initially drew me, a boy-crazy middle schooler, to the film is the sheer hotness of its two leads. Even by our current standards of eerily plump, airbrushed faces and Ozempic-toned bodies, Veronica Lake and Joel McCrea sparkle onscreen together. Her peekaboo curls and low, sultry delivery demand attention, making ...

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2 h. ago Toddler kicked out of nursery after being accused of 'transphobia or homophobia'

The child, aged either three or four, was suspended from a state school for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity’

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2 h. ago Parents arrested after complaining about daughter's school in WhatsApp chat

Six police officers descended on the home of Maxie Allen and his partner Rosalind Levine and arrested the pair on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications.

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3 h. ago New head to lead top Scotland's only independent only boys' school

An experienced educator with a track record of whole-school transformation has been appointed as the next Headmaster of one of Edinburgh’s most prestigious independent schools.

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3 h. ago AD FEATURE: Family days out for Easter 2025 with National Trust Cymru

Keep your little ones entertained throughout the school holidays with this selection of fantastic Easter activities

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4 h. ago Can you solve it? The pals that broke the internet, ten years on

Albert, Bernard and Cheryl returnTen years ago I published a maths olympiad question from Singapore on the Guardian website, and it changed my life.‘Cheryl’s birthday problem’ went viral. Its unexpected success led to the birth of this column in May 2015. And here we are, almost 250 puzzles later.May 15, May 16, May 19June 17, June 18July 14, July 16August 14, August 15, August 17 Continue reading...

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4 h. ago New face of England's Marks and Spencer campaign is revealed

The comedian, 36, has teamed up with the supermarket to teach the Lions and Lionesses what he knows about nutrition in a series of comical videos.

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4 h. ago Living Together review – how Austrians teach immigrants to find their place in society

New arrivals sit in drab spaces and are learn how to fit in, in a film that quietly addresses the costs of integration to minority groupsThomas Fürhapter’s documentary sheds light on the challenges of adjusting to a new culture as it follows a series of “integration classes” offered to immigrants in Vienna. The film opens in the nondescript corridors of an administrative building, which lead into sun-filled but impersonal meeting rooms where these sessions take place. As the participants discuss their worries and uncertainties, these colourless spaces transform into sites of passion and community.Conducted in multiple languages, the seminars grapple with culturally specific issues faced by different minority groups. Topics of discussion range from Austrian ways of greeting, to more serious concerns such as racism and domestic abuse. In talking about the present and the future, people also reveal pieces of their past: some moved to Austria for love, others fled the horrors of war. De...

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5 h. ago Half of all female teachers face violence and abuse in schools amid concerns over misogynistic influencers

Fears over impact of online figures such as Andrew Tate

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6 h. ago Survivors continue to be pulled from Myanmar earthquake rubble 60 hours after disaster

Four survivors were pulled from a collapsed school and one from a hotel as rescue missions continue

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7 h. ago Female teachers facing more violent attacks in Scots schools amid incel influencer increase

Nearly half of all female teachers in schools across Scotland have been subjected to violence in the last 12 months.

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7 h. ago AP PHOTOS: Indonesian sharia clown teaches Islamic values to children

Wearing a colorful costume, red nose and a turban on his head, Yahya Hendrawan performs as a clown in Indonesian schools, teaching Islamic values to children and teenagers.

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8 h. ago Adolescence: what teen boys really think of girls, influencers and porn – podcast

From misogynist content creators such as Andrew Tate to the ubiquity of pornography, boys face a barrage of toxic influences. We talk to sixth-formers about the pressures and joys they experienceThe release of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence this month has unleashed a wave of panic around teenage boys. Keir Starmer said the UK “may have a problem with boys and young men”, while parents began worried conversations about their children’s online lives. But how true to life is it?Michael Conroy, who has been going into schools to train teachers and professionals about boys’ personal development for years, says he has seen a shift in what he hears about. “Just 10 years ago, we didn’t have young men speaking in very sexualised ways to female teachers, quite a few in the same school.” He sees the ubiquity of pornography as a huge factor, with boys as young as 11 using it obsessively. “I’m getting invited to work with primary schools now.” The knock-on effect, he says, is an unrealistic a...

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9 h. ago Heavy hand of the law: Couple arrested for criticising their daughter's school on WhatsApp and a forager is warned over mushrooms... while robbers are on the loose

It comes after officers handed out a warning letter to a woman for alleged mushroom picking and a mother and father were arrested for criticising their daughter's school over WhatsApp.

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9 h. ago Tim Walz's daughter sparks backlash after revealing entitled reason she's turning down graduate school offer

Her comments sparked outrage among critics who said she was acting 'performatively' and 'setting feminism back 50 years.'

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10 h. ago Mother claims she was 'treated like a US school shooter' after blazer row sends classrooms into lockdown

Police stormed Harris Academy in Wimbledon, southwest London, after a pupil called her mother after being 'aggressively screamed at' and 'forced' into her undersized jacket by a teacher.

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10 h. ago Heavy hand of the law: Couple arrested for criticising their daughter's school on WhatsApp and a forager is warned over mushrooms... while robbers are on the lose

It comes after officers handed out a warning letter to a woman for alleged mushroom picking and a mother and father were arrested for criticising their daughter's school over WhatsApp.

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