Teacher sacked from Eton over anti-feminist video could be banned from teaching for life 

The teacher sacked from Eton over an anti-feminist video could now face a lifetime classroom ban after the school reported him to the teaching authority.  Will Knowland, 35, was removed from his role at the prestigious Berkshire school after posting a lecture on Youtube challenging so-called modern feminist views about ‘toxic masculinity’.  The lecture, in … Read more

LAURA PERRINS: While medics refuse to be bowed by Covid, teaching unions make outrageous demands

There’s an old saying in politics: never let a good crisis go to waste. That is certainly the approach adopted by the National Education Union (NEU), Britain’s biggest representative body for teachers. With breath-taking cynicism and self-serving ruthlessness, the union is using the Covid-19 pandemic to hammer the Government over cheap political points — at … Read more

Covid UK: Teaching unions are accused of ‘hijacking’ the pandemic to push for pay rises

Britain’s biggest teaching union has been accused of ‘hijacking’ the coronavirus crisis to push for pay rises and long-term perks while the educations of millions of children are shipwrecked.  The National Education Union (NEU) is including pay increases in ‘key demands’ and bosses have called for any reduction in class sizes to be ‘long-term’ – … Read more

Teaching assistant caught on video dancing while off sick can return to work 

Teaching assistant, 29, caught dancing on video while off sick after getting injured copying Dirty Dancing lift can return to work Rachel Davies, 29, injured her knee copying the lift from the Dirty Dancing film The teacher took time off from job at Wrexham Early Years Centre, North Wales But colleagues saw her dancing at … Read more

Yorkshire shepherdess praised after saying she prioritises teaching nine children ‘responsibility’

Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen has revealed she is teaching her nine children ‘responsibility and life skills’ by getting them to count sheep on her farm rather than formal lessons during lockdown.   Amanda, 45, who runs a 2,000-acre tenant farm in Upper Swaledale with her husband Clive, 66, said when it comes to teaching her nine children at … Read more

Portugal’s Socialist PM BANS private schools from teaching pupils remotely during classroom closure

Portugal’s socialist Prime Minister has banned private schools from teaching pupils remotely during a two-week classroom closure. The minority Socialist-led government of Antonio Costa said that allowing private institutions to teach remotely would put state school pupils at a disadvantage. The Portuguese government ordered all schools closed for two weeks last Thursday to slow contagion … Read more

Priyanka Chopra reveals husband Nick Jonas gave up teaching her piano during coronavirus quarantine

Priyanka Chopra reveals husband Nick Jonas gave up teaching her piano during coronavirus quarantine By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 02:54 GMT, 26 January 2021 | Updated: 02:54 GMT, 26 January 2021 Priyanka Chopra revealed during a talk show interview Monday that husband Nick Jonas gave up on teaching her piano during coronavirus quarantine. The … Read more

Mother-of-one teaching assistant accidentally killed herself with anxiety pills, inquest hears 

Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, who leaves behind a nine-year-old daughter, was suffering from a nasty mouth abscess in the days before her death A teaching assistant accidentally killed herself from an overdose of anxiety pills and wine after refusing to go to the dentist for fear of catching Covid, an inquest heard. Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, who … Read more

Fresh woe for students as university staff threaten strike action over ‘unsafe’ in-person teaching

Fresh woe for students as university staff threaten strike action if they are asked to resume ‘unsafe’ in-person teaching this academic year University and College Union warned of action if in-person teaching resumes Members already balloted at Northumbria and Birmingham City universities Under current lockdown rules students are not permitted to return to campuses  By … Read more

Why we MUST keep teaching children about money, says KickStart

Why we MUST keep teaching children about money, says industry-backed group KickStart By Laura Shannon For The Mail On Sunday Published: 15:08 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 15:08 GMT, 17 January 2021 Allowing children to enter adult life with no financial education is like abandoning them at sea without swimming lessons. That is the … Read more