Jurors would not have a “shred” of sympathy for a teacher accused of having sex with two teenage pupils if the accused was a man and not the defendant Rebecca Joynes, a court in England has heard. Joynes (30) was also accused of a “naked attempt to garner sympathy” from the jury by having a […]
Pupils in the UK who wear pro-Palestinian badges and stickers are being referred to the UK government’s counter-terror programme, a teaching union has said. The number of referrals for pupils “showing solidarity with Palestine” to Prevent – a scheme to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism – has risen, the National Education Union […]
More than 280 Nigerian pupils abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga earlier this month have been released “unharmed”, officials say. Kaduna state governor Uba Sani did not give details of the release, days before a deadline for ransom demanded by the abductors. The children, aged eight to 15, and one teacher, were abducted on […]
It’s 1978 and former Webster Central School District earth science teacher Patrick Moriarty is passing out worksheets about eclipses to his ninth-grade students. Eclipse dates for the next 50 years are printed on the papers but Moriarty narrows in on one — April 8, 2024 — and promises his students they will all reunite on […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen attacked a primary school in Nigeria’s northwest region on Thursday morning and abducted at least 100 pupils as they were about to start the school day, local residents and authorities told The Associated Press. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of […]
More than 100 Nigerian school students have been abducted in the north-western town of Kuriga, witnesses say. The pupils were in the assembly ground around 08:30 (07:30GMT) when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school, one witness said. The students, between the ages of eight and 15, were taken away, along with a […]
Four students have been injured in a stabbing at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal on Thursday and a suspect, believed to be a student himself, was arrested, authorities said. The incident took place at Wilhelm Dorpfeld high school in the city of some 350,000 people near Duesseldorf and Cologne. Police said […]
Four school pupils were injured by an attacker at a school in the western German city of Wuppertal on Thursday, according to a police spokesman. The suspected attacker, who is in custody, is also a pupil at the school, sources told dpa. According to police, the suspect was also injured in the incident. Police thoroughly […]
Pupils from a special needs school in Kent have taken part in a “once in a lifetime” trip as part of a Duke of Edinburgh’s Award challenge. Five students from St Nicholas School, in Canterbury, travelled to the Arctic Circle as part of their gold award. The trip involved working as a team during a […]
A Florida school has received backlash after it required parents to provide written consent allowing their children to engage with a Black author’s book. The permission form detailed an activity in which “students will participate and listen to a book written by an African American”. Chuck Walter, a parent at Coral Way K-8 in Miami, […]
Thirteen pupils have died after a fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school in central Henan province, Chinese state media has reported. All of the victims were pupils, a teacher told Zonglan news, a state-backed media outlet from Hebei province. One person rescued from the scene was being treated in the hospital, China’s […]
A boat carrying a school group capsized in a lake in western India on Thursday, drowning 15 pupils and one teacher, fire service officials said. Eleven students were rescued when the boat capsized in Harni Lake in the city of Vadodara, and rescuers were searching for person who was still missing, fire officer Jitu Parmar […]