I don’t know if times have changed since I was at school in the 1970s and ’80s, or if my memory has simply failed, but I don’t recall a culture of gift-giving to teachers in the summer, as each academic year drew to a close. Nowadays it seems to be […]
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My eldest daughter’s junior school has taken it upon themselves to use daily assembly to tell every pupil about the “creepy clown” craze which seems to have hit British shores over the past few days. I’m pretty cross about this, and judging by a recent Facebook conversation I’ve observed, I’m […]
This Thursday will see thousands of teachers striking as another row over diminishing pensions continues. Education Secretary Michael Gove has encouraged parents to volunteer to help out in schools in order to keep them open and cause less disruption to children. Of course, when schools close it can cause all […]
Ahh, Sports Day. Remember the days of egg-and-spoon, sack and three-legged races? Of exuberant parents and grass stained PE kits. British teachers have now submitted their funniest school sports day stories to SchoolStickers.co.uk, and here’s the top 10: 10. A poor llama being hit on the head by a welly […]
A study of schools in North Carolina by, among others, Duke University economist Charles Clotfelter, suggests that the long-term use of substitute teachers to plug the gaps left by absentee full-time teachers may be having a detrimental effect on children’s education. Though the statistics aren’t readily to hand in the […]