tuco wrote:
Instead, I was told, there is no conclusive evidence the UK is the only one. Oh really? Tell me something I dont know.

tuco wrote:I find interesting that its UK specialty, no other country has it it seems. Does it not make people wonder that the UK is the only one?

Spearthrower wrote:It's kind of hard to verify that.

tuco wrote:Yeah, I've been Googling since. Seems the US has it too but no other mentions so far.

Staff also buying breakfasts, winter coats and soap for poor pupils, says teaching union

One in five teachers are spending their own money on classroom supplies, while nearly half say they buy food, clothes and even soap for poor pupils, according to a report charting the effects of austerity on schools.

Among the more than 4,300 teachers who responded to the NASUWT education union, 20% said they paid for resources such as paper or books used in their lessons at least once a week, with half of those saying they did so “several times a week”.

The responses show an education system struggling to function without basic supplies, with one teacher stating: “We soon will be unable to teach unless we fund it ourselves.”

The responses show an education system struggling to function without basic supplies, with one teacher stating: “We soon will be unable to teach unless we fund it ourselves.”

Keep It Real wrote:Yes Scot, I'm sure that monolithic example succinctly illustrates the exact condition of every aspect of education in every school/college/uni in the whole UK. My eternal gratitude

One in four teachers in the UK say they experience physical violence from their pupils at least once a week, and many say poor behaviour is making them want to leave the profession, according to figures compiled by a teaching union.

The NASUWT union found that 24% of the nearly 5,000 teachers who sent in feedback said they were on the receiving end of physical attacks each week. Many reported that they had been “shoved or barged”, and a significant percentage said they had been hit, punched or kicked.

Nearly nine in 10 teachers said they had received some sort of verbal or physical abuse from pupils in the past year. Eighty-six per cent said they had been sworn at and 46% said they had been verbally threatened.