Teacher says he was fired from Catholic school for being gay
A gay third-grade teacher says he was fired from his job at a Catholic elementary school in Long Island after someone had sent the local diocese photos of him kissing …
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Mississippi teacher James Donald Hawkins II plotted to take student across state lines to elope: report
A Mississippi teacher accused of having sex with a student was denied bond after an investigator dropped a disturbing accusation in court. “He (James Donald Hawkins II) said that they had made …
SF State strike empties classrooms as faculty picket for higher pay
Libby Black usually spends her Tuesdays in the classroom, teaching painting and drawing at San Francisco State University. But today, the associate professor was on a picket line — one …
As young people share intimate moments online, experts say conversations around sex need to change
WARNING: This article contains details of sexual extortion and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone affected by it. Saleema Noon has been a sex educator in …
How gender-affirming health care for kids works in Canada
Robyn Hodgson says she’s watched struggling young people heal, grow and ultimately thrive because of gender-affirming health care. “It genuinely is profound,” Hodgson, a registered nurse and co-ordinator for the …
How gender-affirming health care for kids works in Canada
Robyn Hodgson says she’s watched struggling young people heal, grow and ultimately thrive because of gender-affirming health care. “It genuinely is profound,” Hodgson, a registered nurse and co-ordinator for the …
Teachers: India should spend $1 billion annually to train school teachers: Narayana Murthy
BENGALURU: N R Narayana Murthy on Wednesday called for spending $1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers from the developed world and from …
Hong Kong will not use performance goals to measure patriotic education or punish schools, teachers for poor delivery, minister says
Hong Kong will not use performance goals to determine the success of patriotic education or punish schools and teachers considered to be delivering it poorly, a minister has said. Secretary …
Funding, shortages contributing to abuse of Canada’s education workers: unions – National
Education support workers and the unions representing them are calling for more funding from Canada‘s provincial and territorial governments and more staff to be put in schools, saying both issues …
Balbharati seeks feedback on integrated textbooks introduced to reduce school bags weight
MUMBAI: The state’s textbook bureau ‘Balbharati’ has sought online feedback from teachers, parents and students on the integrated text-cum-note books introduced on a pilot basis to reduce the weight of …