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I was wrong about the danger of smartphones in schools. It’s far, far worse than I thought

The new ban in England should be welcomed. But teachers like me know that enforcement is time-consuming – and even, sometimes, dangerous, says English teacher Lola Okolosie

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Calling us Auntie or Uncle is no insult

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Lola Okolosie about whether calling a woman ‘auntie’ is a sign of ageism or a mark of respect

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Is calling a woman ‘auntie’ ageist harassment – or a mark of respect? It’s a trickier question than you think

A tribunal verdict on the term is revealing about the complexities of having multiple cultural identities – and western attitudes to ageing, says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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A four-day week for teachers? This is why that isn’t a luxury for us – it’s a necessity

Teachers in England and Wales are burnt-out and barely functioning. Solving that will help young people and their families too, says teacher Lola Okolosie

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There are fewer children in England’s primary schools. That’s no reason to strip funding from them

Across the country, there’s a demographic shift. This is a chance to reinvest in our threadbare education system, says Lola Okolosie, an English teacher and writer

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Why are your kids doing the ‘Brexit tackle’ when they play football? Parents left stumped - We reveal the reason

Children and tweens have been spotted shouting 'Brexit means Brexit' while playing football

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Why is the Tory press in a frenzy? Is it WW3 or the climate crisis? No – it’s VAT on private schools

Warnings of a looming apocalypse tell us more about Britain than Labour’s modest plan to make education slightly less unequal, says English teacher Lola Okolosie

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Chaos in the classroom? Take it from someone on the frontline, this is the result of Tory neglect

One in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year. We need Labour to commit to funding education, not offer more of the same, says teacher Lola Okolosie

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Why are kids doing the ‘Brexit tackle’? They’re having fun at adults’ expense – and mocking our toxic politics

My son says it means taking out the player without getting the ball, all while shouting ‘Brexit means Brexit’, says teacher Lola Okolosie

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I’m a teacher, and even I think we should cut the long school summer holidays

The Welsh proposal would help disadvantaged pupils, and make the endless autumn term more bearable for everyone, says teacher Lola Okolosie

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Rather than scare stories of ‘ghost children’, let’s face the facts

Letters: Readers on the complex reasons why some children stop attending school, and the lack of support and understanding from authorities

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I’m a teacher – and I see through Tory scare stories on the ‘ghost children’ missing from school

Their focus on crime and the school attendance crisis is a shameful attempt to deflect the blame from austerity, says teacher Lola Okolosie

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Private schools are on the offensive because Labour looms – and their privileges are under threat

Britain’s fee-paying schools could soon lose their controversial VAT exemption, and fear their protests are falling on closed ears, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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I’m a teacher – and this is why I’m not giving my son a smartphone yet

The adverse effects on children’s mental health are well known, and at 10, our son is too young to safely navigate the internet, says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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Let’s teach children about slavery properly by connecting it to our present

When treated purely as historical fact, the slave trade can be dismissed as an evil of the past – the reality is very different says English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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The Tories keep bottling their push for more grammar schools. Is it because they know they don’t work?

England’s existing grammars cream off the most able students from privileged backgrounds, yet their results are only marginally better, asks English teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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Parents, talk to your sons about Andrew Tate – we teachers can’t take him on alone

The messages of toxic, misogynist influencers can reach children more easily than ever – schools and families need to work together to prepare them, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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A placard on the street said all we need to know about the violation of Child Q

The protest against the police abuse of a teenage girl at her school showed that people refuse to tolerate black children being seen as less than human, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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What one change would you make to achieve black equality in Britain? Our panel writes

Updating the school curriculum, creating an anti-racist politics … there is a pathway to a fairer and more equal society, say Lenny Henry, Diane Abbott and others

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Teachers are being asked to wring water from a stone – and school trips are the first things to go

Now headteachers face a stark choice: cut staff or days out, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

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