60 h. ago Former pupil at British school is among the missing in Swiss ski resort inferno: Former teachers say 'she is in our prayers'

A former pupil at a British school is among the missing after a deadly inferno ripped through a Swiss ski bar on New Years Eve. 

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67 h. ago Andrew Miller: ‘DH Lawrence forced me to my feet – I was madly excited’

The novelist on how The Rainbow made him want to write, the strange genius of Penelope Fitzgerald and finding comfort in TintinMy earliest reading memory Sitting on the sofa with my mum reading Mabel the Whale by Patricia King, with beautiful colour illustrations by Katherine Evans. I think it was pre-school. My mother was not always a patient teacher, and I was often a slow learner, but the scene, the tableaux, in memory, has the serenity of an icon.My favourite book growing up Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth. It’s a story set in Roman Britain; the Eagle is the lost standard of the ninth legion. I was a boy already obsessed by all things Ancient Roman (the alternative to the kind of boy obsessed with dinosaurs). One of the places I remember reading it is in bed with my dad. On Sunday mornings my brother and I would climb into the big bed. My parents had long since split up. There was a picture on the wall, a modest reproduction of Velázquez’...

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2 d. ago The consequences of falling numbers of teachers and schools in Scotland are obvious and profound

Since the SNP came to power in 2007, there are 1,500 fewer teachers and nearly 250 fewer schools

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4 d. ago Meet The Traitors cast including Scots nursery teacher, retired detective, crime writer and a psychologist

Scot Netty, 42, is a nursery school teacher and mum and wants to win the cash prize to travel more with her seven-year-old

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5 d. ago Voices: ‘A recruitment crisis is coming’: Readers debate looming teacher strike threat

Our community says the threat of teacher strikes is less about one pay rise and more about a profession buckling under long hours, shrinking pay packets and years of neglect – with no easy fix in sight

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7 d. ago Teachers will strike next year if they don’t get a proper pay rise, union bosses warn

Exclusive: Teachers are not convinced that change is being delivered by the Labour government, Matt Wrack warned, saying his members do not feel listened to

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8 d. ago Twisted teacher, 36, arrested after ‘sending preteen student sexual messages’ during remote learning class

A SICKO teacher has been arrested for allegedly sending explicit sexual texts to her young student. The elementary school maths teacher was busted by police as she was allegedly driving to pick to victim up from his home after a day of virtual learning. Sydnee Graf, 36, allegedly sent the boy, who was under the...

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8 d. ago Child abuse victim of Jackanory presenter tells how climbing saved him

Iain Peters waited more than 50 years before going to the police but hopes he can be a beacon for other survivorsA man who was sexually assaulted by a children’s television presenter has spoken of how climbing and mountaineering saved his life and “sanity” during the 50 years in which he kept the abuse secret.Iain Peters, 77, who has waived his right to anonymity, was between nine and 13 years old when he was abused weekly by John Earle, when he was a geography teacher and deputy head at a now-closed boarding school in Okehampton, Devon. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago At least seven die after bus overturns on mountain road in Vietnam

Bus was carrying teachers to a village school for volunteer work

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9 d. ago Scots teacher hopes debut book will help dyslexic kids discover their potential

Marissa McCudden, a primary school teacher in the Glasgow area, was inspired to write the book as her own daughter Claudia suffered self-esteem issues when comparing her writing and reading skills with her classmates.

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1 week ago Pupils' worst packed lunches shared by teachers and contents are hard to swallow

Teachers from schools all around the UK have shared the worst packed lunches they've come across and some are hard to believe

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1 week ago Female paedophile teacher, 30, nicknamed 'Bunda Becky' who had sex with two schoolboys and fell pregnant to one is banned from classroom for life

Rebecca Joynes, 32, slept with the pupils at a Manchester school before becoming pregnant with one of their children in March 2023.

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1 week ago My daughter was in the Brown University library, hiding under the desk | Sarah Ruhl

This normalization of gun violence in the US – who is it serving? Why can we not collectively make this not normal again?On her first day of fourth grade, wearing her magenta spectacles, my daughter Anna arrived to the Big School where she couldn’t reach the drinking fountains. She was small for her age, in terms of stature, though she had big ideas.I went to pick her up that afternoon, the first day of school, and I looked eagerly at all the young faces streaming out the door, but no Anna. The high schoolers flooded out, then the middle schoolers. Still no Anna. I started to get that mother panic vibration thing in my belly and I called the lower middle school office.Sarah Ruhl is a playwright, essayist, teacher, mother of three and Brown University graduate. Her most recent book is Lessons from my Teachers, from preschool to the present. Her collaboration with A Great Big World, the musical Wonder, is at American Repertory Theater in Boston through February Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nigerians welcome 130 schoolchildren and teachers released after mass abduction

Nigerians have welcomed back 130 children and teachers who were released after being seized in one of the largest mass abductions in the country’s history

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2 w. ago Labour's private school VAT raid has failed to fund 6,500 new teachers, says education chief

Philip Britton, chair of the Heads' Conference said there had been 'no wider benefit' to state education despite Labour promises that money raised from levying VAT on fees would fund 6500 new teachers.

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2 w. ago Teacher 'forced school boy to eat cockroach after he saw something he shouldn't'

A 52-year-old teacher was arrested by police after the alleged incident in Tondo, Manila but has argued that it 'never happened' - he has since been released on bail

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2 w. ago Schools in England warning of rise in misogyny towards teachers, says Phillips

Comments from safeguarding minister come as violence against women and girls strategy due to launchSchools have warned of growing misogyny from pupils towards teachers and a lack of avenues to seek help about concerns over sexually aggressive behaviour, the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, has said.Phillips’ comments came as the government was due to launch its long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy. Children as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to tackle misogyny in England’s schools. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teachers in England face growing misogyny and need help dealing with sexual aggression, says Phillips

Comments from safeguarding minister come as violence against women and girls strategy due to launch• UK politics live – latest updatesSchools are reporting growing misogyny from pupils towards teachers and a lack of avenues to seek help about sexually aggressive behaviour, the safeguarding minister, Jess Phillips, has said.Phillips’ comments came as the government was due to launch its long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy. Children as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to try to tackle misogyny in England’s schools. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Government focused on prevention to tackle violence against women – minister

The plans include all pupils in secondary schools being taught about healthy relationships, with teachers trained to spot worrying behaviour in boys.

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2 w. ago Boys to learn difference between porn and real life to tackle misogyny in England’s schools

Teachers to be given extra training as Keir Starmer warns ‘toxic ideas are taking hold early and going unchallenged’David Lammy: I want my sons to know masculinity can be kind – and my daughter to live without fearChildren as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to tackle misogyny in England’s schools, the Guardian understands.On the eve of the government publishing its long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade, David Lammy told the Guardian that the battle “begins with how we raise our boys”, adding that toxic masculinity and keeping girls and women safe were “bound together”.Preventing young men being harmed by “manosphere” influencers such as Andrew Tate.Stopping abusers in England and Wales through measures such as dedicated rape and sexual offences teams and enforceable domestic abuse protection orders.£550m ...

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