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Reino Unido: Parents shocked as UK school asks kids to write ‘SUICIDE LETTER’ as part of English exercise

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Europa/Reino Unido/RT
A school in the UK gave their teenage English students the task of writing a suicide note in the context of an exercise to explore suicidal feelings, prompting one “genuinely shocked” parent to complain.

Pupils aged 15 and 16 studying for their GCSE qualifications at Cheney School in Headington, Oxford, were set the assignment as part of studying the classic English play ‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B. Priestley. The writing exercise was delivered on ‘World Suicide Day.’

One mother, who asked not to be named, told BBC News that the project was a “massive fail,” revealing that she had been left feeling “genuinely shocked,” after her child informed her about the distressing task.

The actual assignment was ‘Imagine you are a young woman in 1912 writing a suicide letter to those who care about you.’

The parent, who reportedly has a relative who attempted suicide, wrote a letter to the school’s Head of English, adding that there had been “no warning, no support, no encouragement.”

The school has since apologized “for any distress caused” and insisted that the exercise was “delivered sensitively,” claiming that the writing task had been reviewed and “adjusted accordingly.”

It’s not the first time the play in question has been embroiled in the same controversy. In 2015, pupils aged 14 and 15 at Beauchamps High School in Wickford, Essex, were also asked to pen a suicide letter for their English homework.

Set in 1912, the play centers on a mysterious inspector arriving at the home of a mill owner. He questions the wealthy family about the sudden death of Eva Smith, a young working-class woman.

Fuente e imagen: https://www.rt.com/uk/468682-school-suicide-letter-exercise/

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Canadá: Clarenville parents keep kids home to protest cramped school

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América del Norte/Canadá/Septiembre de 2016/Fuente: CBC News

RESUMEN: Padres y representantes de la escuela primaria Riverside en Clarenville protestaron el dia viernes por considerar la escuela como un edificio de hacinamiento. «Esto no está bien. Los niños no merecen este entorno. Los profesores no se merecen este ambiente», dijo Jeanette Avery, una madre de dos hijas en Riverside. Avery ha estimado que la escuela tiene 735 estudiantes este año, pero sólo fue diseñado para sostener 550. Ella dijo que dos nuevos portátiles se han añadido este año escolar para hacer frente a la falta de espacio, después de una expansión prevista se canceló debido a los recortes presupuestarios. Ella dijo que el alto número de estudiantes que asisten a Riverside ha dado lugar a preocupaciones de seguridad. «Mi mayor temor sería una evacuación de incendios, o cualquier evacuación de verdad», dijo, añadiendo que nadie ha sido capaz de decirle a ella o a otros padres la capacidad máxima del edificio en el código de fuego.

Some Riverside Elementary students in Clarenville got Friday off school when their parents kept them home in protest over what they say is an overcrowded building.

«This is not right. The children don’t deserve this environment. The teachers don’t deserve this environment,» said Jeanette Avery, a mother of two daughters at Riverside.

Avery estimated the school has 735 students this year, but was only designed to hold 550. She said two new portables were added this school year to deal with the space crunch, on top of three others installed in 2015, after a planned expansion was cancelled due to budget cuts.

«In that expansion we were going to have a new gymnasium. The old gymnasium was going to be turned into a permanent lunchroom…and seven additional classrooms. So now that is not available to us,» she said.

Avery said her younger daughter has had a rocky start to the school year in a tightly packed Grade 4 classroom.

«She was actually having anxiety attacks because of the congestion,» Avery told CBC Radio’s the St. John’s Morning Show.

Safety concerns

Avery and many other parents and students turned out for a protest at 8:30 Friday morning outside the school. She estimated about 70 per cent of students were out of their classes.

She said the high number of students attending Riverside has led to safety concerns.

«My biggest fear would be a fire evacuation, or any evacuation really,» she said, adding no one has been able to tell her or other parents the building’s maximum capacity under the fire code.

While Avery has gotten face time with Education Minister Dale Kirby and officials at the school district, she’s unhappy with an overall lack of traction on her issues.

«I still feel like im being delayed… something needs to happen now,» she said, unhappy with any explanations offered up so far: «basically that this is not a Riverside issue, this is across the province.»

«My question is — so that’s OK?»

Earlier this week, Kirby told the CBC that while Avery and other parents have legitimate concerns, the province isn’t in a financial position to give the green light on the Riverside expansion project. He said teachers and staff are handling the large volume of students well, and the quality of education has been maintained.
School board responds

Meanwhile, the Newfoundland and Labrador English School District said in an email to CBC that 727 students are currently enrolled at the school.

According to the board, enrolment as 661 in 2011 when a major extension was completed.

«A variety of initiatives have been put in place this year to help to address concerns and reduce the number of students in a given area,» the board’s email read.

For example, there’s extra learning space for music due to the addition of three modular classrooms.

A letter from Riverside’s principal to parents said the school has gone from two lunch periods to three lunch periods.

The board said this will, «cut down on the number of students in the cafeteria or the playground at any given time.»

Fuente: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/riverside-elementary-parents-protest-in-clarenville-1.3775558

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Brasil: Dezenas de alunos do Bandeirantes protestam contra Escola Sem Partido em São Paulo

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América del Sur / Brasil / 14 de agosto de 2016 / Por: Esquerda Diário

Dezenas de estudantes do Bandeirantes, colégio tradicional da capital paulistana, se organizam em frente à escola para protestar contra o projeto Escola Sem Partido na manhã dessa sexta-feira (12).

O ato conseguiu reunir cerca de 100 alunos durante o período do intervalo. Seguraram cartazes com os dizeres: “escola sem pensamento crítico não é escola” ou “a verdade é dura, escola sem partido é censura”. Mais fotos ao final da matéria.

Na manhã anterior, um grupo autodenominado Juntos Pelo Brasil havia panfletado em frente ao Bandeirantes defendendo o projeto de lei que visa endurecer o controle ideológico dentro da sala de aula. Tudo começou quando o próprio diretor do colégio, Mauro Aguiar, participou de um debate na Folha de S. Paulo onde expôs sua visão crítica ao projeto.

Os alunos, portanto, se rebelarem e promoveram este ato que fez bastante barulho na Vila Mariana e chamou atenção.

Muitos que cresceram em São Paulo sabem, ou já ouviram falar, que o Bandeirantes é um colégio de elite e dos mais tradicionais da cidade, com caráter conservador na abordagem pedagógica (há tempos atrás, o colégio dividia os alunos em salas de aula de acordo com as suas notas).

Fatos como esse de hoje mostram o enorme rechaço que existe ao projeto de lei ultra reacionário do Escola Sem Partido e como a juventude não vai aceitar nenhum tipo mordaça dentro da sala de aula.

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Fuente Original: http://esquerdadiario.com.br/Dezenas-de-alunos-do-Bandeirantes-protestam-contra-Escola-Sem-Partido-em-Sao-Paulo

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México: Padres de familia apoyan a maestros cesados

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Noticia / 30 de mayo de 2016 / Por: Pedro Quintero. Debate.com

 

Toman la secundaria maestro Julio Hernández en apoyo a los docentes.

Rosario, Sinaloa.- Padres de familia toman la secundaria maestro Julio Hernández,  en apoyo a los maestros cesados, pues consideran injusto que se les quite el trabajo. En total son cinco maestros afectados.

Además, los padres mencionaron que la Reforma Educativa era una clara muestra de querer desaparecer las escuelas públicas.

Por lo cual, maestros y padres de familia se instalaron a la entrada de la escuela con cartulinas en donde se lee: «En defensa de la escuela pública, no a la privatización de la escuela pública», «Apoyo a maestros en peligro de cese».

 

Fuente: http://www.debate.com.mx/mazatlan/Padres-de-familia-apoyan-a-maestros-cesados-20160516-0027.html

Foto: http://www.debate.com.mx/__export/1463411079118/sites/debate/img/2016/05/16/familiaaa.jpg_594723958.jpg

 

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Inglaterra: Sats tests: parents and children boycott primary school exams

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Fuente: theguardian.com / 6 de Mayo de 2016

Up to 30,000 families said to be backing strike, but turnout appears to have varied widely, with much of England unaffected

Sporadic but vocal protests against the government’s testing regime for primary school pupils have taken place across England, but accurate estimates of the number of people taking part are difficult to gauge.

Despite suggestions that about 30,000 families were backing the boycott of Sats assessments for seven-year-old and 11-year-old pupils, schools in many parts of the country appeared unaffected, while others, including several in Brighton and parts of London, reported high numbers of absences.

Some schools in Newcastle have seen substantial numbers of parents keeping their children out of school for the day as part of a loose nationwide coalition of parents organised through social media to take action against changes to key stage one assessments first announced last year.

In Reading, few parents taking their children to primary schools appeared to have heard that the boycott was taking place.

The biggest public event appears to have been in Brighton, where the children’s laureate, Chris Riddell, addressed hundreds of families at Preston Park in a demonstration organised by parents of children at several local primary schools.

Riddell ridiculed claims by the education secretary, Nicky Morgan, that taking part in the strike would harm children’s education, arguing instead that teaching them to question government policy was “an important lesson”.

“My feeling is there should be more trust in teachers and their ability to assess children at this age, rather than through testing,” he said. “The children are being put under undue stress and my argument is what is the value of what comes from this testing. I think it is questionable.”

At Endcliffe Park in Sheffield, families gathered with banners reading “take a hammer to the grammar” and “sharpening my subordinate claws” in reference to the spelling, punctuation and grammar tests that critics say are too advanced for young pupils.

At some events, parents protested not just at the tests, but against the government’s desire to convert all maintained state schools into academies by 2022.

Morgan continued to tell parents that taking part in the day-long boycott could harm their children’s education. “To those who say we should let our children be creative, imaginative, and happy – of course I agree, both as a parent and as the education secretary. But I would ask them this – how creative can a child be if they struggle to understand the words on the page in front of them?” she said.

“What are the limits placed on a child’s imagination when they cannot write down their ideas for others to read? That is why the campaign being led by some of those who do not think we should set high expectations is so damaging.”

 

Link original: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/may/03/sats-tests-parents-children-boycott-primary-school-exams?CMP=share_btn_fb

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