Police have arrested two primary school teachers in Japan for taking and sharing indecent images of young girls in a chat group with fellow teachers. The two men, a 42-year-old teaching at a public school in Nagoya and a 37-year-old based in a public school in Yokohama, admitted taking some photographs and videos of girls...
There is something deeply wrong with our public education system. Many things, actually, but one thing we can do right now that would make fixing the schools infinitely easier is to abolish the teachers’ unions. Doing so wouldn’t only make reforming public education easier, but it would also begin the process of separating education from...
Getty Images The government says AI should only be used for “low-stakes” marking Teachers in England can use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up marking and write letters home to parents, new government guidance says. Training materials being distributed to schools, first seen exclusively by the BBC, say teachers can use the technology to “help...
This article is an excerpt from Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education, by Jesse Hagopian, Copyright © 2025. This text was originally published by Haymarket Books and has been reprinted here with permission. “Our students demand to learn the truth even if a small group of powerful, mostly wealthy, white adults is threatened by...
As another school year ends, superintendents across the United States are staring down an autumn staffing crisis, with 1 in 8 teaching positions either vacant or filled by an underqualified educator. States that are struggling with post-pandemic teacher shortages have spent millions to lure replacements and retain veterans with hiring bonuses and bumps in salaries....
If somebody from 2005 teleported 20 years into the future, they would beg to go back home. Sure, there are lots more cool toys to play with now, and the televisions are mega huge, but it seems our basic grasp of reality disappeared somewhere along the way. It’s kinda like that Ryan George series of...
The SF Chronicle published an editorial Saturday criticizing California Democrats for repeatedly putting their tired ideology over what actually works in a number of areas. For instance, if you listen to Gov. Newsom, the state needs to build more homes. He recently admitted the state isn’t anywhere close to meeting it’s stated goals for home...
A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil while screaming “I’m going to kill you” has been sentenced to 15 years. The girl, who cannot be named due to her age, will serve seven and a half years in custody. She was found guilty of attempted murder in a second trial at Swansea...
The Chicago Teachers Union won a tentative agreement in December that, for the first time, addresses climate and environmental justice demands — making healthy green schools a priority in our city. We achieved this breakthrough even while broader contract negotiations stalled. Finally, in April, we ratified the full agreement, which also includes big raises and...
Getty Images Social media influencers are fuelling an increase in misogyny and sexism in schools, according to a new poll by a teaching union. Almost three in five teachers said they believe social media use has had a negative effect on behaviour in schools, the NASUWT poll of 5,800 teachers in the UK found. Influencer...
The UK’s largest teaching union will “make Labour MPs pay a high political price” if the government does not offer teachers in England a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise, its general secretary has said. Daniel Kebede said members of the National Education Union (NEU) “expect better from a Labour government” than the pay recommendation ministers...
A so-called “Romeo and Juliet” clause has been added to new plans for mandatory reporting of concerns around child sexual abuse. The Crime and Policing Bill puts a new duty on teachers, GPs, and other professionals to report concerns or face criminal sanctions. Mandatory reporting was one of the 20 recommendations of the Independent Inquiry...
On April 7, federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attempted to enter two elementary schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). According to LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, the agents were trying to contact five students who they alleged entered the U.S. without documentation, and they lied to school officials by...
Hazel Shearing Reporting fromNEU conference in Harrogate Getty Images Schools in England closed when National Education Union members went on strike in 2023 Teachers in England will vote on whether or not to go on strike if the government stands by its pay offer for the next school year. The National Education Union (NEU), England’s...
Getty Images Many schools were forced to close when teachers walked out two years ago. Teachers in England have said they would be willing to strike over the government’s proposed 2.8% pay rise this year. The offer was rejected by 93.7% of members of the National Education Union (NEU), England’s largest teaching union, who took...