Mrs Ege told the jury Yaseen had been studying the Koran since he was four years old and his teacher had told her the boy was doing well.

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Witness Ann Boatright told jurors at Worcester Crown Court that after the retired primary school teacher disappeared, Mr Taylor told her over the phone he would not be able to access his wife's "substantial" pension for at least seven years.

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Talk to the single teacher raising two kids who was told by her principal in the last week of school that because of the Recovery Act, she wouldn't be laid off after all.

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In March 2009, Marvin, who had become depressed and withdrawn, told her mother about the sex with her teacher.

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At fifteen she decided that the unprovable did not exist, and told her scripture teacher so without prevarication.

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One London teacher told the BBC News website she was surprised to be told by her school that if teachers spotted such signs they should "ignore them, because self-harming is a phase they usually grow out of".

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First-grade teacher Kristen Roig herded her students into a bathroom, locked the door and told them not to make a peep.

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However a teacher friend told us it was nonsense as in her view it was far more beneficial for the child to have a holiday than be in school providing it was not before the end of term exams.

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Tuesday's hearing was told the former deputy head teacher had been driving since the 1950s and did not have any penalty points on her licence.

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Clare Kellett, a teacher from Somerset, told the conference about a 17-year-old pupil, Jess, who was living on her own because of difficulties at home and was struggling to feed herself.

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