Posts from ‘April, 2010’

The danger of ignoring mental health problems was highlighted by a teaching union yesterday after dramatic video footage was released showing the moment that a stressed science master attacked a pupil with a 3kg dumbbell.

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Almost 100 children’s authors and illustrators have signed a letter supporting heads and teachers in their campaign to get rid of national curriculum tests for 11-year-olds.

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Head teachers in England are warning the government not to try to raid surplus cash held by schools.
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Headteachers are being threatened with the prospect of having their pay docked for taking part in next month’s Sats boycott, union leaders warned today.

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Schools in Scotland may be facing the first teachers’ strike in more than 20 years, over school spending cuts.
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Every day at least one teacher contacts a special 24-hour helpline pleading for help in coping with life in the classroom. Often it is in the middle of the night, at two or three in the morning. The case of Peter Harvey might be extreme, but the stress he was under is far from unusual. [...]

Most teachers lack the confidence to teach sex education adequately, the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) said yesterday.

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There are calls for tighter controls on mobiles in schools - following the acquittal of teacher Peter Harvey.
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A teacher is cleared of attempting to murder a 14-year-old pupil with a dumbbell at a Nottinghamshire school.
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Exam board head speaks out against ‘faddish’ changes that have made GCSEs and A-levels easier

Politicians’ constant tampering with GCSE and A-level courses is threatening exam standards and making it easier to achieve top grades, a leading examiner warned today.
Tim Oates, director of assessment and research at Cambridge University’s exam board – Cambridge Assessment – accused [...]