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Beatings For the LORD?

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Schools demand ‘biblical right to smack children’

Private Christian schools must be allowed to smack pupils with parents’ consent, the Court of Appeal has heard. Forty schools, spearheaded by the Christian Fellowship School in Liverpool, want a change in the law to allow them to use corporal punishment. Their attempt to challenge legislation banning smacking in schools by claiming it did not apply to independents was rejected by the High Court last year. They claim it is part of a religious doctrine protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.

Teachers Honored

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I’m posting this because my uncle, Richard Moore, is one of the teachers honored.

Lessons:
Teaching more than ABCs

Remember that teacher you had so many years ago who taught you more than the course you signed up for? Remember how you never said thank you? Two local students and one parent found a very public way to thank three very special teachers. The three were among 10 Delaware Valley teachers who were honored last Friday at a Phillies game in Philadelphia – just in time for National Teacher Appreciation Week, which runs May 5 through 11. The week is sponsored by the National Education Association, the nation’s biggest teachers union.