Knife crime prevention plan unfair on teachers, say unions
'School leaders say plan to hold teachers accountable on issue are not workable or reasonable'
'Teachers have reacted angrily to proposals to make them responsible for preventing teenage knife crime and serious violence, accusing the government of using schools as scapegoats.
Under the proposals, teachers would be required by law to report children they fear are caught up in a life of violence, and would be held accountable if they fail to do so.
School leaders said the proposals were unreasonable and unworkable, and that neither the blame for nor the solution to violent crime lay with schools. They pointed instead to cuts to youth services and policing.'
Read the full article here on theguardian.com by Salle Weale - Education Correspondent
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