Tag: Teachers
Jill Biden Hosts Teachers at Awards Dinner, With a Bit of Pomp
The first lady commended the winner of the National Teacher of the Year award during an event evoking formal state dinners.
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Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns
The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.
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‘Teachers want their status restored’ – Bridget Phillipson
Labour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson says retaining more teachers is the best recruitment strategy.Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg Ms P [...]
Labour plan to offer teachers £2,400 to stop them quitting
The plans to improve retention rates, announced by Labour's shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson on Sunday, would see new incentive payments [...]
Finance delays for divorcing teachers and NHS staff as pensions recalculated
Both current and retired staff face "a severe and drastic impact" from the delays, say solicitors.
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Teachers and nurses dragged into higher taxes, warns think tank
The Institute for Fiscal Studies warns a freeze on income tax thresholds will hit middle earners.
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Short on Staff, Prisons Enlist Teachers and Case Managers as Guards
From the outside, the prison complex in Florence, Colo., is a forbidding citadel of steel, concrete and coiled barbed wire, housing some of the most n [...]
Head teachers in England reject pay offer
The National Association of Head Teachers is considering balloting members again over strike action.
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More strikes planned as teachers reject pay offer
Members of the National Education Union in England will strike on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May.
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Teachers working 12-hour days, leaked report says
Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, accused ministers of withholding important information from the school teachers [...]
Chicago’s Mayoral Race Pits the Teachers Union Against the Police Union
In a city known for its unions, two loom over the Paul Vallas-Brandon Johnson race, and no labor leader is as significant as the incendiary president [...]
Labour attacks Sir Gavin Williamson over teachers 'insult' in leaked texts
The then Education Secretary appears to question teachers' work ethic in leaked pandemic texts.
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Teachers prepare to strike in England and Wales
Teachers in the National Education Union - and support staff in Wales - will strike over pay on Wednesday.
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Teachers do not have to strike to get attention – education secretary
The NEU announces seven days of strike action in February and March, affecting 23,400 schools.
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Teachers from NEU union to strike in England and Wales
The NEU union announces seven strike days, but says each school will face only four days of disruption.
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