Sunday
Teachers being ‘treated with contempt’ by government
Union leader will accuse the government of ‘incompetence’, adding that ‘schools shouldn’t be left to pick up the pieces left’ by the pandemic.
Don’t ‘rush’ to remove pupil face masks, ministers told
Current evidence does ‘not justify’ a change in policy on face coverings in classrooms for the start of next term, teaching unions tell government
Saturday
Online teaching: ‘Abusive parent bombing’ warning
More than one in four teachers have been criticised by parents or carers in the past year, finds survey
Covid ‘likely’ leaving some teachers suffering PTSD
Teachers helping pupils and colleagues through Covid-19 bereavement risk ‘secondary trauma’, union conference warned
Teachers need better pay not ‘praise’, Williamson told
Union leader hits out at remarks by education secretary that teacher training is central to catch-up ‘as if teachers are part of the problem’
‘Teachers can’t compensate for pupil poverty alone’
Schools alone cannot compensate for the “deeply damaging harm” done to pupils by the “cruel” effect of poverty, the shadow education secretary warns
Teachers back campaign to scrap league tables
Teaching union will push for end of use of ‘high-stakes’ testing and campaign to show adverse impact of league tables
How Covid could help us to tackle child obesity
Covid creates the conditions for councils to restrict students’ access to fast food, says teacher Gordon Cairns
Plea to protect ‘brave’ but anxious teachers from Covid
Disabled and elderly teachers and those from BME backgrounds need more protection from Covid in the workplace, says NASUWT union
1 in 10 teachers threatened with violence by pupils
NASUWT data shows teachers also ‘taunted’ on social media as union votes to support teachers to ‘reclaim our classrooms’
An A to Z of SEND: terms every teacher should know
SEND is full of acronyms you may not be familiar with – our handy guide will help you understand them
One in 50 teachers ‘has self-harmed’ amid Covid stress
‘Shocking’ data shows 23% of teachers are on medication and 12% have sought counselling to help deal with work stress
