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An Ayrshire primary teacher has paid tribute to her best friend and colleague by competing in the London marathon and organising fun runs at schools.

There’s nowhere else to go but up for multi-hyphenate Sheryl Lee Ralph. During Ralph’s 46-year career, she’s been a trailblazing force. Since her debut in Sidney Poitier’s A Piece of the Action or her lauded turn in Dreamgirls on Broadway in 1981, which landed her a Tony nomination, Ralph’s been making a major impression. These days, she’s back to school on ABC’s mockumentary Abbott Elementary. Her role as the wise and wise-cracking teacher Barbara Howard earned Ralph her first Emmy win, making her the second Black woman to win for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She discusses the joy of playing Barbara Howard and their personal connection.

A PE teacher who tried to claim nearly £50,000 in insurance over a fake burglary has been banned from teaching after hiding the conviction from her school. Dipti Patel, who taught PE at Manchester Academy, in Moss Side, made the ‘entirely fraudulent’ insurance claim after reporting a ‘contrived burglary’ at her family home, a professional conduct panel heard.

Naman Ramachandran The U.K.’s Stigma Films has snapped up TV rights for Jeffrey Boakye’s “I Heard What You Said,” an Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2022. Told via a series of encounters based on the challenging and outrageous things people have said to him or about him, Boakye, a Black, male English teacher who has had to teach problematic texts, recounts how it feels to be on the margins of the British education system. The deal was brokered by the Sarah Such Literary Agency. Stigma’s film credits include “Daddy’s Head,” “T.I.M.,” “The Score,” upcoming Romola Garai project “Monstrous Beauty” and Netflix original “Choose or Die,” starring Asa Butterfield. The acquisition of “I Heard What You Said” follows on from Stigma branching out from feature films to television in the last year. Their first project is Steven Knight/Kudos series, “This Town” for BBC and the company is in active development with Ringside Studios on Iain Banks novel “The Business.”

A teacher was left lying on the floor of a Lanarkshire school corridor after he was allegedly attacked by a teenager last week.

To say this was a bit of an overreaction is an understatement…

A beloved teacher has been praised by one parent for the help her children have received in and out of the classroom.

A disgraced former Paisley teacher has been found guilty of historic child sex abuse spanning more than twenty years.

A Manchester teacher who suffered blurry vision after thinking her contact lens had slipped found out two weeks later she was actually suffering a stroke.

A California teacher has been arrested after allegedly having sex with an underage student.

A woman used a translator app to tell her son's teacher that she was in danger as her abusive husband waited for her outside the school. Sobhan Azizi, 33, had attacked his wife repeatedly with a metal pole the previous night.

A woman bravely told her child's teacher that she was in danger following a brutal beating - as her abusive husband loitered outside the school. Sobhan Azizi, 33, repeatedly attacked his wife of 10 years with a metal pole the night before.

A school teacher is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education after she showed the class the Disney animated movie Strange World.

McKinley Franklin editor Jenna Barbee, a fifth-grade Florida teacher, is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education after showing her class the animated Disney movie “Strange World,” which features an openly gay character. In a video posted to TikTok, Barbee said that she is being investigated for indoctrination after showing the film. “Our students had standardized testing all morning,” Barbee said in the video. “I thought it would be a great time to give them a brain break by showing a movie that related to what we were learning about in school…I chose this movie because it relates to our curriculum.” Prior to showing the film, Barbee acquired signed parent permission slips from students. She was then reported to the Florida Department of Education for indoctrination by Shannon Rodriguez, a board member of the Hernando County School District Board and parent of a student in Barbee’s class. The complaint related to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” legislation that has limited conversations about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools. 

A retired Ayrshire teacher has pounded the streets for a good cause- and she’s shed pounds in the process.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Paris-based company Indie Sales has acquired Teddy Lussi-Modeste’s topical third feature, “The Good Teacher,” co-written by “Happening” filmmaker Audrey Diwan. François Civil, the French star of “The Three Musketeers” and “The Wolf’s Call,” stars as a young teacher wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct by a teenage girl from his class. As he faces mounting pressures from the girl’s older brother and her classmates, the situation spirals out of control: Allegations spread, the entire school is thrown into turmoil, and the teacher has to fight to clear his name. “The Good Teacher” marks the second collaboration between Indie Sales and Lussi-Modeste following “The Price of Success” which screened at Toronto and San Sebastián New Directors’ competition. “The Price of Success was picked up by Netflix for a multi-territory deal including the US.

A Stirlingshire high school teacher who performed a partial striptease for a 15-year-old schoolgirl he called “the full package” was this week spared a jail sentence.

A Scots teacher faces being struck off after allegedly having a whirlwind 18 month affair with a pupil.

Police have formally identified the body of a man pulled from Mugdock Reservoir during the search for the 'killer' of pregnant teacher Marelle Sturrock.

Police are believed to be searching for the fiancé of pregnant teacher Marelle Sturrock following her death. The 35-year-old was found dead after police were called to a property in Glasgow on Tuesday morning.

A retired teacher polished off several glasses of wine in her car before driving so slowly she built a long queue of motorists behind her.