Teachers want better pay and working conditions, not lie-ins
Letters: Jane van Zyl of Working Families, Phil Clarke of the National Education Union and others on ways to tackle the significant problems schools face in recruiting and retaining staff
The Guardian view on the teacher shortage: flexibility and career breaks could help
To tackle staff shortages, jobs in schools and other public services must be made more attractive
‘A brave new world for educators’: teachers respond to nine-day-fortnight proposals
Plans to resolve education recruitment crisis would shorten hours and allow some home working. What do those on the ground think?
August 2024
Make AI tools to reduce teacher workloads, tech companies urged
Special access granted to DfE resources to train AI models to generate workbooks and lesson plans
April 2024
Teachers in England and Wales could strike again in September, says NEU chief
Daniel Kebede warns of ‘growing frustration’ within profession as UK heads towards a general election
March 2024
Teachers’ mental health ‘crisis’ prompts call for suicide prevention strategy
Compensate teachers in England for inability to work from home, report says
February 2024
One in four school-starters in England and Wales not toilet-trained, say teachers
Bureaucracy is ruining teachers’ lives
School summer holidays in England should be cut to four weeks, report says
‘Daylight robbery’: two in five UK teachers work 26 hours for free each week
January 2024
Teachers in England left to support at-risk children after social services cuts
Why 140,000 pupils are ‘severely absent’ from school in England – and what we can do about it
December 2023
Ofsted accused of ‘misleading’ inquest into death of teacher Ruth Perry
Inspectors say claims made to coroner about wellbeing training following death of Reading headteacher are ‘nonsense’
November 2023
‘A historic moment’: Oregon teachers launch first-ever strike
About 45,000 Portland students out of class as union follows lead of UAW and WGA in action over pay and conditions
October 2023
Labour picks wrong ideological battle with private school tax raid
Letters: Dr Priyanjali Malik, Keith Barnham and Yvonne Williams respond to the party’s plan to add VAT on to school fees if it wins the next election
September 2023
Only half of required number of trainee secondary teachers in England recruited
South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students
July 2023
England school strikes called off as unions vote to accept pay deal
Opposition grows among teachers to 6.5% pay offer in England
