Sexual predators at school: why South African law is failing to protect children from teachers: Schools should be a safe environment, a place of learning where children can develop their potential. In South Africa, many public schools aren’t like this. Instead they are hothouses for teachers’ poor performance, financial mismanagement, assault and sexual misconduct. When …
‘It’s between us and gangs’: teachers are on the front line against youth violence: chronicler/Shutterstock Gang violence and knife crime threaten the lives and future of young people. Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that in London, knife crime increased by 22% in the year up to September 2023. County line gangs have …
South African study shows the power of sharing daily experiences for teachers to learn how to include all learners: Teachers can learn from each other and come to see that they are inclusive educators. zeljkosantrac/Getty Images Globally, more than 258 million children and young people between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in …
Rishi Sunak wants more maths at school – but finding the teachers will be hard when university departments are closing: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Oxford Brookes University recently announced it will no longer be offering mathematics degrees. This follows reported reductions or proposed cuts at other universities. This is a problem for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s vision …
Minimum service levels for teachers: government plan to restrict strikes further undermines a profession in crisis: Juice Flair/Shutterstock As an academic, I teach teachers. The promise of teacher education is that graduates will enter a challenging but meaningful job. Personal, professional and financial security should be the safe ground from which they can navigate this …
UK announces AI funding for teachers: how this technology could change the profession: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock During the recent international AI Safety Summit held in the UK, the government announced a further £2 million to be invested in Oak National Academy – a publicly funded classroom resource hub – to develop artificial intelligence tools to help reduce …
Advanced British Standard: A-level replacement will require more teachers – but bonuses may not be the way to get them: Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a new qualification to replace A-levels and T-levels. The planned Advanced British Standard (ABS) will also come with more teaching time for students: an extra 195 hours …
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Teachers can nurture students who care about the world: four approaches that would help them: Teachers wear many hats. They are expected to be subject matter experts, leaders, administrators, managers, lifelong learners – and not just in the classroom, but in their wider communities. It is crucial to cultivate teachers who are socially aware and …
How well you do at school depends on how much your teachers know: insights from 14 French-speaking countries in Africa: Almost half of all sixth-grade students in Niger struggle to read a simple sentence. Olympia De Maismont/AFP Countries in sub-Saharan Africa have made remarkable progress towards reaching universal school enrolment in the past 25 years. …
Teachers in England accept pay settlement, but the issues causing so many vacancies have not gone away: Juice Verve/Shutterstock Teachers in England have voted to end strike action and accept the government’s offer of a 6.5% pay rise, which is partly supported by new government funding. More than 80% of teachers who voted in three …
How schools and teachers can make refugee children feel welcome: Marcos Mesa Sam Wordley/Shutterstock Teachers in the UK are welcoming children seeking sanctuary into their classrooms. In 2022, 46,000 young people aged under 18 arrived in the UK from Ukraine. More than 5,000 asylum applications were made by unaccompanied children in 2022. Studies have shown …
History classes help students develop curious minds — but Ghana’s teachers aren’t equipped to nurture this: Inquiry-based teaching gives students a chance to engage with ideas. Getty Images/DextDee Livingstone/500px There are two camps when it comes to teaching children: one says teachers should focus on guiding students to find things out for themselves. This approach …
Kids and screen time — an expert offers advice for parents and teachers: There's no expert consensus on whether screen time is good, bad or somewhere in between. Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock How much time did your child spend looking at a screen today? The answer likely depends on how old they are, what grade they’re …
Keeping a diary can improve teachers’ wellbeing – here are some ways it can work for all of us: mimagephotography/Shutterstock Teachers in England are struggling. A recently released government report on the working lives of teachers found that teachers’ wellbeing levels are lower than the general population. More than half of the 11,177 teachers and school …
Ofsted inspections cause teachers stress and aren’t backed up by strong evidence – things could be done differently: Tijana Simic/Shutterstock The school inspectorate in England, Ofsted, has faced criticism recently following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry. According to her family, Perry’s death was a “direct result” of the pressure resulting from the Ofsted inspection …
Teachers are quitting – here’s what could be done to get them to stay: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Each year roughly one in ten state school classroom teachers in England leave the profession. This is a significant problem when the government continues to miss teacher recruitment targets. Just recently, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledged that more teachers are …
The pressures on mental health and wellbeing faced by teachers in the UK: DGLimages/Shutterstock According to the 2022 Teacher Wellbeing Index – a survey carried out by the charity Education Support – 78% of UK school staff reportedly experienced mental health symptoms due to their work in the past academic year. The same survey found …