teaching

University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate resigns from teaching job after lying about being black 

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A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student has resigned from a teaching role after admitting to lying about being black.   CV Vitolo-Haddad, who identifies as non-binary and goes by ‘they’ or ‘them’ pronouns, pretended on multiple occasions to be black or Latino although the teacher is actually Southern Italian and Sicilian.   Vitolo-Haddad failed to correct peoples’ assumptions about … Read more

Medical students will be given priority for face-to-face teaching

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Medical students will be prioritised for face-to-face teaching amid local coronavirus outbreaks, the Government revealed yesterday. Universities should only retain in-person provision for ‘priority courses’ if there is an upsurge in the disease with online learning increased in other subjects. And students must not return to their family home if stricter measures become necessary to … Read more

Teaching union chief admits ‘schools are as SAFE as possible’

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Teaching union chiefs today admitted schools were as ‘safe as possible’ as millions more children returned to classes in England and Wales after six months at home during the coronavirus lockdown. The National Education Union said schools were seeing a ‘very calm, managed and positive’ return to the classroom as families largely appeared to defy … Read more

Boy, 17, found guilty of murder of strangled teaching assistant

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BREAKING: Boy, 17, is found guilty of murder after strangling teaching assistant, 47, to death and dumping her body in a cemetery Teenage boy, 17, found guilty of murder following a trial at Preston Crown Court He was accused of killing Lindsay Birbeck, 47, who was found in August last year Teaching assistant’s body discovered … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: Teaching unions react as schools reopen

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Teaching unions are still furious at Government plans to press on with reopening schools in England in September, insisting the science is still not clear enough to be sure it’s safe. Pupils in Scotland started their full return to education today more than four months after lockdown began in March. And Boris Johnson’s Government insists … Read more

Teaching union ‘tries to sabotage school reopening plan with impossible list’ of 200 safety demands

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Teaching union ‘tries to sabotage school reopening plan with impossible list’ of 200 safety demands National Education Union has provided its half a million members with ‘checklist’ If these demands are not met, the union urges staff to ‘escalate’ their quarrel Robert Halfon MP accused the union of ‘nitpicking’ and overlooking the children  By Jack Elsom … Read more

Lorry driver who killed boy, 14, and teaching assistant, 50, jailed for almost nine years

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James Majury, 33, (pictured) was today jailed for eight years and 10 months after killing two people in a multi-vehicle collision on the M58 in Lancashire in January 2019 while checking his Facebook An HGV driver who killed a boy, 14, and a teaching assistant, 50, after ploughing into a minibus while checking Facebook has … Read more

Teaching union threatens to keep schools shut in September

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Militant teaching unions who openly bragged about a ‘win’ over the government’s u-turn on bringing students back before summer have today threatened to keep schools closed in September. Bosses at the National Education Union (NEU), the UK’s largest teaching union, say it may be ‘impossible’ for ‘many’ schools to reopen at the start of the … Read more

Teaching unions sound alarm AGAIN over plans to reopen schools

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Teaching unions sound alarm AGAIN over plans to reopen schools – after ministers promise parents classes WILL resume in full from September Government has promised to forge ahead with schools reopening next month Comes after it imposed new lockdown measures on north of England on Thursday and postponed reopening of bowling alleys, casinos, skating rinks NASUWT … Read more

Dwyane Wade thanks trans daughter Zaya ‘for teaching me’ as he and Gabrielle Union present for GLAAD

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Dwyane Wade thanks trans daughter Zaya ‘for teaching me’ as he and Gabrielle Union present GLAAD Award for best drama series to Pose By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 17:47 BST, 31 July 2020 | Updated: 17:47 BST, 31 July 2020 Dwyane Wade thanked his 13-year-old trans daughter Zaya during the virtual GLAAD Media Awards on Thursday. … Read more