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Be careful what you write – texting auto spellcheck error leads to lockdowns at high schools
An auto corrected text message, accidentally sent to the wrong number, was the catalyst to lockdowns Wednesday at West Hall middle and high schools. Just before noon, law enforcement and school officials issued the lockdowns after a West Hall community member reported a threatening text message. The text, saying “gunman be at west hall today,” […]
Read More >Some great quotes i found – ideal for speakers and teachers
Some great quotes i found – ideal for speakers and teachers Here you can browse the collection of best quotes I’ve been gathering for more than a decade (current total of over 500). There’s also a downloadable CSV file (58 KB) available. For a selection of the best famous quotes, check ’60 Selected Best Famous […]
Read More >Maths Teacher Jonny Griffiths Tells Student: Just Enjoy Being 17
A Norfolk maths teacher has been the subject of a furore on social networking site Twitter after he told a student to “just enjoy being 17” instead of being stressed about grades. Teacher Jonny Griffiths, a regular contributor to the Times Education Supplement (TES), recounted in the supplement a conversation he had with a student […]
Read More >School league tables show 107 secondaries are failing
More than 100 secondary schools in England face being closed and re-opened as academies for failing government targets, official data reveals. League tables of more than 3,300 secondaries published by the Department for Education on Thursday show that 107 schools are failing to reach minimum standards required by the coalition. In all schools, at least […]
Read More >Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds and younger people are the most dishonest.
Britons ‘more dishonest than 10 years ago’, study finds Only one in three people were prepared to condemn lying in their own interests Britons are less honest than they were a decade ago, research by academics at the University of Essex suggests. The survey of more than 2,000 adults found that people were apparently more […]
Read More >Education minister Nick Gibb claims celebrity culture and obsession with wealth is harming children – Telegraph
British children are growing up in an “destructive” society obsessed with the celebrity way of life and need to be taught to live within their means, an education minister has warned. via telegraph.co.uk In an attack on contemporary values, Nick Gibb argued that a “got to have it now” culture was breeding unrealistic expectations of […]
Read More >‘Bankruptcy light’ hits young people
The “bleak” financial situation faced by the younger generation was laid bare today, as official figures showed that more people aged 25 to 34 are turning to a type of insolvency known as a debt relief order (DRO) than any other age group. One in four people who have taken out DROs in England and […]
Read More >Generation Y: they don’t live for work … they work to live
Settling down on the shiny black sofa in the front room of their student house in Jesmond, Newcastle, Ailsa McNeil and her flatmates discuss what they would do once they had left university. ‘The idea of moving into the financial world of London and working long hours inside a massive company does not appeal to […]
Read More >Barnardo’s poll shows shockingly negative view of children
Many people are at risk of giving up on children altogether, a shocking new poll commissioned by Barnardo’s has found. It shows that nearly half the UK population (49 per cent) agree that children today are beginning to behave like animals. ICM Research reveals that the public holds a negative view of all children, despite […]
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