News archive for 5th May 2019

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Children find foreign languages so stressful they are being signed off by a GP, headteachers told - Telegraph Headteachers could take industrial action or refuse to cut staff in fight over school funding - Independent Children should be taught about ethnic minorities' contribution to history, Education Secretary says - Telegraph Headteachers may refuse to fire teachers at schools in protest against a 'funding crisis' - Telegraph 'Severe' testing and exams accused of fuelling mental health crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Tom Bennett: Pupil behaviour: finally, it’s being tackled on a national level - Times Educational Supplement | TES Ofsted 'Inadequate' - the emblem of our toxic system - Teacherhead Hinds: Teach pupils about ethnic minorities' contribution to history - Times Educational Supplement | TES Spag test risks leaving pupils too 'scared' to write - Times Educational Supplement | TES Call to fine parents who swear at teachers - Times Educational Supplement | TES Academisation rebellion: parents resist school takeovers - Guardian Labour won't make MAT CEOs redundant, says shadow minister - Schools Week University World News - UK and Global edition - 05/05/2019 - University World News Heads could take industrial action over schools cash crisis - BBC John Roberts: politicians have left us in chaos but must not short change schools - Times Educational Supplement | TES Don't short-change young people at a time of chaos, warns Whiteman - Schools Week Heads vote for industrial action over school funding crisis - Times Educational Supplement | TES Revise EYFS to improve science teaching, says academic - Schools Week Heads could refuse to make redundancies as union backs industrial action - Schools Week Tom Starkey: one thing is clear: GCSE resits are an imposition - Times Educational Supplement | TES Paul Whiteman praises members for leading in challenging times - NAHT NAHT president Andy Mellor shares his thoughts as term in office comes to an end - NAHT A round-up of the debates from NAHT annual conference (day three) - NAHT NDAs: UK universities misusing 'gagging orders' described as 'outrage' - BBC Schools told to stop using exclusions to boost their results - Guardian Bristol University to confront its links with the slave trade - Guardian Should new teachers teach difficult classes? - Teacher Toolkit Effective teacher professional development - Teacher Toolkit Parents and headteachers demand 'education emergency' to stop forced takeover of schools - Independent Schools ‘should fine parents for swearing’, says former head of Ofsted - Times Universities must stop gagging staff who have been victims of sexual assault, minister warns  - Telegraph