News archive for 2nd April 2018

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Teachers kicked, bitten, spat and sworn at up to 7 times a day amid surge in violence from pupils - Mirror USA: Thousands of teachers march for school funding - Mail Outrage as primary school-age pupils hold up blackface masks during poetry performance - Mirror Why every school should have a team of mental health first aiders - Times Educational Supplement | TES What teachers tapped this week #27 – An update – 2nd April 2018 - Teacher Tapp British school children ‘showing growing signs of poverty’, head teachers warn - PoliticsHome Liz Weston: how schools can teach kids to be smart consumers - Mail Teachers vote to stop 'immoral' baseline primary assessment - Times Educational Supplement | TES Outdoor learning grows in Scotland as grasp of benefits takes root - Guardian Malnourished children with grey skin are filling their pockets with food to survive in poor areas say head teachers - Mail Universities brushing racism under the carpet, students say - Guardian Infant pupils 'swiping left' when they pick up books - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'State and independent school partnerships must be more than joint concerts and swimming galas' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Students demand UK universities take urgent action against racism - Guardian Teachers head butted and strangled by violent pupils - Times Educational Supplement | TES Four revision rules to share with your students - UKEdChat Well-off pupils told: Don’t brag as disadvantaged classmates might feel ashamed - Express National Education Conference told of 'malnourished, grey-looking children' turning up to school - HuffPost 'Exhausted' teachers condemn 'work until you drop' pension age - Times Educational Supplement | TES Schools are at the sharp end of rising child poverty - Schools Week Children stuff food into their pockets and turn up to school in dirty uniforms - Independent The Lance Armstrong theory of educational accountability - Headteachers' Roundtable Pupils as young as 4 suffering from depression - Mail Teachers warn they are having to feed and clothe children in deprived areas - Mail Five things to do instead of Sats revision - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Let's be proud and loud about the power of FE' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Some teachers in Wales have been off work for years with stress - Wales Online Infant school children suffering from mental health problems, teacher poll finds - Herald Scotland Teachers highlight poverty issues for many pupils - Herald Scotland Teachers blast Ofsted chief for telling them to quiz girls who wear hijabs - The Sun Child poverty: Pale and hungry pupils 'fill pockets with school food' - BBC School mental health problems extend to primary-age pupils amid cuts to support - Independent Teachers warn of growing poverty crisis in British schools - Guardian School staff warn eligible pupils are missing out on free meals - Schools Week Nine in ten teachers say poverty is having 'significant effect' on pupils' learning - Times Educational Supplement | TES 'Bullying and sexual harassment are facts of life for many pupils' - Times Educational Supplement | TES Figures expose gulf in school performance between councils in Scotland - Times Ireland: Pupils with special needs are more likely to be poor - Times There’s more to life than revising for exams - Times Primary children suicidal amid widespread bullying - Times Teachers wash clothes of poor pupils - Times Exhausted: 80 per cent of teachers ready to quit in workload crisis - Express University bosses’ pay up by £5,500 as staff wages fall by £2,400 - The Sun Lessons from secondary curriculum and assessment design - English Remnant World Children's communication needs as important as fight against obesity - Nursery World Children as young as four showing signs of mental health problems, teachers say - Telegraph