The Unofficial Teacher's Manual

Instead of (again) making mobile phones the focus, if governments are serious about wanting to reduce distraction, disruption, etc. there needs to be a drive to make centralised detentions integral to every secondary school.

At present, the variation between schools is massive.

At school x, a teacher can spend a full term setting, chasing up detentions just to get their class quiet.

At a school with a centralised detention policy, the above can be accomplished within 2-3 weeks.

I mean-

That’s one way to reduce observation stress…

Restorative justice (without proper sanctions) needs to end.

For the sake of teachers and pupils.

A school went on strike over exactly this.

The union rep gives details. Horrifying.

RJ is still being imposed on schools to their detriment.

We need to unite against it.

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