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Teacher’s tome plugs the gaps from our collective history books

Robin Eveleigh — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:13:59 +0000

The History Lessons by teacher Shalina Patel is a whistlestop tour of history, focused on previously untold stories and voices

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Gay teacher launches network to support LGBT educators

Gavin Haines — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 10:19:02 +0000

‘Students want to know that they’re being taught by a human being’, says Daniel Gray, who set up a network to support other LGBT teachers

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A class of her own: country’s first teacher with Down’s syndrome

Lucy Purdy — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:10:33 +0000

Meet Noelia Garella, the first person with Down’s syndrome to work as a teacher in Argentina

Despite being rejected from a nursery school as a “monster” when she was young, Noelia Garella now has a classroom of her own. Overcoming prejudice, Garella is the first person with Down’s syndrome to work as a nursery teacher in Argentina, and one of only a few in the world.

I adore this. Ever since I was little I have always wanted to be a teacher

She was offered the position at the Jeromito kindergarten in Córdoba through her dedication to a profession she felt she was born to do. Garella, now 31, said: “I adore this. Ever since I was little I have always wanted to be a teacher, because I like children so much.”

Image: Diego Lima/AFP

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