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• Marist College Ashgrove की एक शिक्षिका ने दावा किया है कि स्कूल परिसर की इस घटना के बाद उन्हें 'गंभीर मानसिक चोट' पहुंची है। • ब्रिस्बेन के एक शीर्ष निजी लड़कों के स्कूल की एक शिक्षिका ने दावा किया है कि उन्हें "स्त्री-द्वेष की संस्कृति" (culture of misogyny) का सामना करना पड़ा, जब सैकड़ों कैथोलिक स्कूल के छात्रों ने उन्हें घेर लिया और उन पर भोजन फेंका, जिससे उन्हें "गंभीर मानसिक चोट" लगी। • Marist College Ashgrove की शिक्षिका Victoria Sparrow के लिए पैरवी कर रहे एक बैरिस्टर ने ब्रिस्बेन सुप्रीम कोर्ट को बताया कि स्कूल ने स्त्री-द्वेष की संस्कृति को "विकसित होने और बने रहने" दिया।

Police allege educators, two men and two women, attacked boys at school between August 2024 and June 2025Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFour teachers, including the principal of a regional New South Wales school, have pleaded not guilty to assaulting two students.NSW police allege the teachers assaulted the boys at school between August 2024 and June 2025. Continue reading...

NASUWT says full entitlement should be increased from four weeks to 26 and paternity pay also improvedFull maternity pay for teachers across the UK should be increased to 26 weeks to help stem the exodus of women in their 30s from classrooms, a union leader has said.Matt Wrack, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said it was a “national scandal” that so many teachers who quit said inadequate maternity support was one of the reasons. Continue reading...

Details about compensation for personal injury awarded to UK school staff revealed by NASUWTA teacher who became ill from a rat infestation and another who was injured after a pupil threw a toaster and chair are among UK school staff who received a share of £15m paid out in compensation.The details were revealed by the NASUWT union ahead of its annual conference in Birmingham later this week, and relate to successful claims for unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, personal injury and health and safety. Continue reading...

Poll of 10,000 teachers also finds ‘overwhelming’ exam anxiety and rising absenteeism linked to poor mental healthAlmost half of primary school teachers are seeing pupils with eating disorders “at least occasionally”, rising to four in five at secondary level, according to a survey by the UK’s largest education union.The findings emerged in a poll of 10,000 teachers in English state schools about pupils’ mental health, which also revealed “overwhelming” exam anxiety in secondaries and dwindling numbers of counsellors to support students. Continue reading...

No other injuries were reported after the attack at a small Bulverde campus, where classes were cancelledA 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself on Monday, according to authorities, who were still investigating what led to the early morning attack.No other injuries were reported at Hill Country college preparatory high school in Bulverde, a small but growing city near San Antonio.Guardian staff contributed Continue reading...

National Education Union poll finds 89% feel class sizes in England are too big to be ‘properly inclusive’Oversized classes and inadequate staffing levels are hindering teachers’ capacity to support children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send), according to a large survey of state school teachers in England.Nine out of 10 (89%) of the 10,000 teachers who took part in the poll by the National Education Union (NEU), before its annual conference in Brighton which starts on Monday, said class sizes were too big to be “properly inclusive”. Continue reading...

Man was teaching at a secondary school for boys when he allegedly targeted the girl – who police say he did not knowGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA high school teacher has been accused of grooming a teenage girl and offering money for her to produce sexually explicit material.Police allege the 29-year-old man targeted a 14-year-old girl not known to him, before she told her parents who alerted authorities. Continue reading...

Australian Education Union members to rally outside state parliament in dispute over pay and conditionsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastClasses have been halted across Victoria as thousands of striking public school teachers, principals and education support staff prepare to descend on state parliament for a rally over pay and conditions.According to the Australian Education Union’s Victorian president, Justin Mullaly, up to 500 schools would either be closed or “significantly affected” as a result of the first strike in the state’s public school system in more than 13 years. Continue reading...

Jason Hughes died after falling and being struck by a car driven by a student who had just pranked the teacherA Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen’s lawyer said. The victim’s family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy by prosecuting the teen driver and his friends.The 40-year-old teacher, Jason Hughes, died after slipping and falling into the street as the teens started to drive away after participating in a community tradition of pranking teachers by throwing toilet paper on to his front lawn. Continue reading...