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How Do They Come Up With These Ideas?
The latest response to fighting truancy is a full out assault against the parents. The reasoning is clear. It is the parents responsibility to ensure that their children attend school. So bad must...
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Bullying a Teacher is not Free Speech!
There is appropriate behaviour and then there is inappropriate behaviour. Bullying a teacher is inappropriate – full stop! It doesn’t matter if it is in the classroom, the schoolyard or on Facebook –...
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Why Teachers Want Out of the Profession
It’s such a tragedy to read that nearly two-thirds of teachers want to quit. I love the profession, and recommend it to anyone that has an interest in teaching, but it is clear that no matter how...
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California Superintendant Declines Salary
Fresno School Superintendent Larry Powell is a reminder of what education should be about – selflessness and dedication. I recall a survey conducted back in the US in 1998/99 that found that teachers...
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The Teacher Bashing Era Must End
Teachers have never been more criticised and devalued than they are right now. Whilst you can’t blame all negative incidents on a political and media campaign against teaching standards, I’m sure...
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The Classroom isn’t the Best Place to Rectreate Famous Movie Moments
Finding a humourous way to let an unruly student know that they have overstepped the mark can be quite effective. It lets them know that you are disappointed in them without a loss of anger or...
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PE Teacher Caught on Camera (Video)
Whilst some teachers are getting fed up with the growing trend of being secretly filmed in class, such a practice has uncovered incidents of abject cruelty and criminality. Take this horrible story...
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