Category: teachers

Unvaxed NYC Teachers Live in Limbo Awaiting DOE, Court Decisions

Thousands of New York City teachers who refused to receive the mandated COVID-19 vaccination were put on unpaid leave last fall and were told by the Department of Education if they didn’t acquiesce they’d be terminated on Dec. 1, 2021. That date has come and gone with no action from the department leaving the teachers…


Unvaccinated NYC Teachers Live in Limbo Awaiting DOE, Court Decisions

Thousands of New York City teachers who refused to receive the mandated COVID-19 vaccination were put on unpaid leave last fall and were told by the Department of Education if they didn’t acquiesce they’d be terminated on Dec. 1, 2021. That date has come and gone with no action from the department leaving the teachers…


Teachers Across France Stage Mass Walkout Over Govt’s Ever-Changing COVID-19 Rules

Teachers across France staged a mass walkout on Thursday in protest over the government’s ever-changing COVID-19 rules for those working in the education sector which they say fail to protect both staff and students. The French Ministry of Education estimated that around 31 percent of all school teachers across the country took part in the strike…


Queensland Govt Denies Teacher Vaccine Mandates Delayed Start of School Term

The Queensland government has denied that vaccine mandates have contributed to the delay of the start of the new school year after it began standing down teachers once the deadline passed for a survey to determine who was vaccinated. This comes as the Australian state has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases since the state…


Florida Bill Would Allow Video Cameras in Classrooms

A proposed bill in Florida would allow the state’s public school districts to place video cameras in classrooms and require teachers in the classrooms to wear microphones. House Bill 1055 (pdf), filed by Republican state Rep. Bob Rommel for the upcoming 2022 legislative session, creates a set of rules about how classroom cameras should be…


Most Americans Don’t Trust Teachers, Schools With Children’s Gender Identity: Survey

A majority of Americans say that male and female are the only two genders, and that schools shouldn’t be allowed to counsel children about gender or sexuality without parents’ consent, according to the results of a survey released Monday. The survey was conducted by Rasmussen Reports among 1,000 American adults from Dec. 21 to 22,…


Zahawi: Ex-Teachers Should Apply From Monday to Help With COVID Staff Shortages

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has called on ex-teachers to sign up from Monday to help with COVID-19 staff shortages in the new year. Former teachers who are available to return to the classroom should apply on the Get Into Teaching website, he said. They should ideally start the process before Christmas Eve to be ready…


Portland Teachers’ Union Proposes Self-Taught Fridays to Reduce Teacher Burnout

Amid staffing shortage in schools across Oregon, Portland’s teachers’ union is seeking to turn one of the five school days into an “asynchronous instructional day,” in which high school students would stay at home and do school work while receiving limited online instructions. Citing an “unprecedented staffing crisis,” the Portland Association of Teachers on Monday…


UK Teachers Quitting Over False ‘Paedophile’ Slurs on TikTok

Some teachers in British schools have been quitting the profession after being falsely labelled as “paedophiles” on TikTok, union officials have warned. The latest craze on the Chinese-owned video sharing platform sees pupils sharing videos of teachers with inappropriate hashtags such as #paedo and offensive comments, sometimes even superimposing their faces onto pornographic images. Some…


Leaked Audio Reveals How California Teachers Recruit Kids Into LGBTQ Clubs

A leaked audio recording revealed California teachers mocking parents over concerns about homosexual and transgender indoctrination at school, said a source who attended a recent teachers union conference in Palm Springs. The recording, obtained by The Epoch Times, captured two seventh-grade teachers, Kelly Baraki and Lori Caldeira from Buena Vista Middle School in Salinas, Calif.,…