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The Union of Professional Educators says educators should be given the most effective COVID-19 vaccine 

Teacher Attrition Is A Growing Problem Tuesday, February 23, 2021 There remains a growing disparity between teacher supply and demand here in Tennessee. This is only likely to grow in the immediate future. With the pending retirement of experienced teachers, and a shift in teacher longevity, many educators opting for briefer careers. Additionally, with many young adults not opting to enter education as a career, it poses an unquestionable threat to public education. The demand will only w...

There is no doubt that the Trump bans raised important questions about the role of Facebook and Twitter in shaping political discourse and information online

Don’t answer that phone! Can the always-on culture be beat? Malta will pioneer a law that gives workers the right not to answer work emails and calls after hours, but always-on culture can be hard to beat in the Maltese workplace 29 January 2021, 6:54am by Laura Calleja Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba’s report on the right to disconnect comes at the tapering of the shock pandemic that changed lives in 2020 and sent everyone ‘home’. Now working from home, flexi- and telework makes the alwa...

Prime Minister Robert Abela has said he would like to see schools postponing the upcoming carnival holidays to help stop the spread of COVID-19 by keeping children in schools.  He made the remarks during a news conference where fresh COVID-19 mitigation measures for the month of February were announced. “If it was up to me alone, that is what I would like to see happen,” he said.  Schools traditionally take a two-day break in February so that families can enjoy carnival festivities, which...

Prime Minister prefers postponing carnival holidays, unions shoot down idea Prime Minister Robert Abela says he would like to see carnival holidays postponed to another date but the Malta Union of Teachers and the Union of Professional Educators shoot down the proposal 27 January 2021, 2:50pm by Laura Calleja Robert Abela says that if it were up to him alone, the school carnival holidays should be postponed to another date Prime Minister Robert Abela has floated the idea of postponing the�...

Church schools have hit out at a teachers union for publishing information on social media about COVID-19 cases in schools. The Union of Professional Educators regularly posts updates on its Facebook page, detailing when its been notified of "alleged cases", often including pictures of the school and its contact number.  In a statement, the Secretariat for Catholic Education and the Association of Church Schools accused the UPE of "irresponsible behaviour” that was causing “unnecessary ala...

CSA said the information was causing unnecessary alarm and anxiety among students, parents, and educators. “Church schools are doing their utmost to inform parents and school staff as soon as a positive case is identified in one of the schools. This is being done openly and transparently always to ensure that the health and safety of students and staff remain a top priority,” the CSA. Today alone, the UPE posted three separate times regarding possible COVID-19 cases in both church and go...

With large numbers of Gozo rental farmhouses fully booked for the weekend, UPE is urging government to avoid too much 'leeway' in its restrictions

Nationalist Party leader Bernard Grech says the Prime Minister is willing to face industrial action by doctors by refusing to retract decision to redeploy COVID response team consultant Kenneth Grech