French teaching unions are calling on parents to keep their children at home on Thursday, as part of a protest against plans to introduce academic streaming into schools.
The Greater Essex County District School Board said Thursday it has a new tentative agreement with the union representing its occasional teachers, who have been working without a contract for the last two years. “This tentative agreement was arrived at through a collaborative, interest-based bargaining process and represents the best possible outcome for both parties,” […]
Easthampton Public Schools announced that they are dismissing students early on Monday, April 8th due to the solar eclipse.
In K-12 schools across the country, a new gold rush of sorts is underway: Classrooms nationwide are racing to bring the latest artificial intelligence tools, such as platforms powered by the chat bot ChatGPT, into the classroom.
Some Johnson County school districts continue to bounce back from pandemic-induced substitute teacher shortages. According to an article from The New York Times, a shortage in substitute teachers has impacted schools of all sizes across the U.S. since the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials from three Johnson County community school districts said they have experienced a lack
To the editor: I was extremely dismayed to see The Times' editorial board advocate for bringing back the SAT in college admissions. While the editorial board raises same valid points in identifying various other flaws surrounding the college admission process, the significant gap in access to preparation resources between students of different means provides a vast population of students an undeniable, clear disadvantage. Until all public schools provide SAT test preparation in their curriculum,...
The school board unanimously approved two contracts Tuesday.
As of right now, it’s still winter in the northern hemisphere. However, the official transition to the spring season will happen at 11:06 PM.
This week we’re looking back at photos from the Northants Telegraph archives of pupils and staff at schools in Wellingborough and Wollaston. Featured are Sir Christopher Hatton, Wrenn, Weavers, Wellingborough and Wollaston Schools and from the past John Lea and Wellingborough Grammar schools. The majority are from this century but we have delved back into the 1950s, 1960s and 1980s for some of the photos. See who you recognise – and enjoy!
Members of the teaching union NASUWT at Rothwell Junior School who had voted to take six days of industrial action have called off two dates set for next week. Staff at the Pathfinder Schools-managed academy had walked out after over allegations of ‘bullying and intimidation’ that left members with ‘stress, anxiety and burnout’. An agreement to call off the action came following a meeting between the two sides after a day of strike action on Tuesday (March 19). Strike action had been planned...
Members of teacher’s union NASUWT at Rothwell Junior School are due to take the first of six planned days of strike action tomorrow (March 19). The staff will walk out after what they say is ‘bullying and intimidation by school management’ that has left members with stress, anxiety and burnout as a result of a culture of ‘unreasonable demands and excessive workload and monitoring’. NASUWT staff leafleted parents and carers last week informing them of the industrial action. Dr Patrick Roach,...
Starting today, South Yorkshire’s tram system is no longer run by Stagecoach and this could result in massive changes in the region’s public transport system for the long term. Part of the plan is to enhance user experience – to make it a positive experience after all those years of “lack of investment”, ask the public’s opinion on policy changes (a survey is already live asking about things like dogs on trams) and completely refurbish the trams by 2027 with a new fleet being rolled out by 2032....