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‘They gave me a key to another world’: the polyglot teacher bringing languages to life
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To Russia and beyond – a teacher in east London is showing the next generation how far languages can take them, writes Abby Young-Powell Fri 26 Feb 2021 06.12 EST Last modified on Fri 26 Feb 2021 06.14 EST I simp...
Why I teach: ‘I know the impact a great teacher can have on a child’
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For Emmanuel Awoyelu, once an excluded pupil, becoming a teacher was a deeply personal journey – and one he never imagined takingWhen I think about my school experience, there are few positives I can take from it. Por ...
Riding high – the surfing maths teacher on the crest of a wave
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When she’s not in the classroom, teacher Emily Grimes can be found riding waves in the chilly North Sea. She tells Nicole Morley how she came to find her perfect balance Fri 26 Feb 2021 06.15 EST Last modified on M...
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott marries Seattle teacher
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MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher. Scott, who collected $38bn (£27.5bn) in her divorce from Bezos in 2019, announced he...
‘A community of equals’: the private school with no fees, set up by a south London teacher
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While most teachers express frustration about the education system in England, with its focus on Sats, GCSEs and league tables, what they don’t usually do is set up their own school instead. But that is exactly what L...
Teacher wins UK poetry prize with poem on dual heritage
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A startling poem with allusions to a rich range of subjects ranging from Salvador Dalí and the Bible to an abused footballer, a revered hip-hop band and the Welsh language has won a prestigious literary award. The Fru...
‘I create a safe environment for them’: meet the hockey-playing teacher helping pupils shoot for maths success
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Maths teacher Kiran Kaur Gill was an adult when she accidentally fell in love with hockey. Now she’s using it to build pupils’ confidence on the pitch – and in the classroomby Nicola Slawson ...
Sport and science? They’re a natural match for this creative teacher
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Primary school teacher James Branch is finding surprising ways to combine his dual loves of sport and science. He tells Linda Jackson how one complements the other in lessons Fri 26 mar 202...
My Octopus Teacher, heartwarming nature film, wins best documentary Oscar
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My Octopus Teacher, the heartwarming story of a human-octopus friendship, has won the Oscar for best documentary at the 93rd Academy Awards, which are taking place in Los Angeles. Directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James R...
George Floyd: New Jersey teacher suspended over rant to pupils
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A New Jersey high school teacher was suspended with pay for making profanity-laced comments to students about George Floyd. A recording aired by WNBC-TV showed Howard Zlotkin, a Dickinson high school science teacher,...
Hey teacher … how Syd Barrett’s artistic genius flowered at school
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Monet had his water lilies, Van Gogh his sunflowers, but for Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett it was orange dahlias. A vibrant still life painted by the late frontman of the British band when he was 15 will go under the hamme...
Idaho teacher disarmed school shooter and hugged her until help arrived
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When a student opened fire at an Idaho middle school, teacher Krista Gneiting directed children to safety, rushed to help a wounded victim and then calmly disarmed the sixth-grade shooter, hugging and consoling the gi...
Batley teacher suspended after showing Charlie Hebdo image can return
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A teacher who ignited protests at a school in West Yorkshire after using a controversial image of the prophet Muhammad in class has been cleared of causing deliberate offence and told he can have his job back. The tea...
Leftist teacher takes on dictator’s daughter as Peru picks new president
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Peruvians must choose between the son of illiterate peasant farmers who pledges to upend the country’s free-market economy and the unpopular daughter of a 1990s autocrat, who faces jail on corruption allegations, when...
Leftist teacher holds razor-thin lead in Peru presidential election
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The scion of a jailed autocrat and the son of illiterate peasant farmers are fighting vote by vote for the presidency of Peru, in an election which has thrown into sharp relief the Andean country’s deep fault lines of...
‘It is unsustainable’: Guardian readers on the crisis of Australian teacher shortages
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Más que 200 people responded within three days to our callout on the effects of teacher shortages in Australia. Current and former teachers, and some parents, expressed their anguish at what unbearable workloads wer...