https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Spanish woman from Rioja, who was teaching at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida, has described the ‘nightmare’ of being caught up in the shooting rampage. https://www.thelocal.es/20180216/teacher-from-spain-hid-in-cupboard-with-pupils-during-high-school-shooting Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:24:43 +0100 teacher-from-spain-hid-in-cupboard-with-pupils-during-high-school-shooting Spain's National Police have arrested a Madrid teacher, accused of hate crime and crimes against moral integrity after she reportedly called her students "drug addicts" and insulted a Latin American student. https://www.thelocal.es/20170622/madrid-teacher-arrested-over-verbal-abuse-and-calling-students-drug-addicts Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:19:04 +0200 madrid-teacher-arrested-over-verbal-abuse-and-calling-students-drug-addicts A primary school headteacher has found himself at the centre of a row after writing to parents warning them not to let their children fast. https://www.thelocal.es/20160613/ramadan-row-spanish-school-warns-against-fasting Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:40:30 +0200 ramadan-row-spanish-school-warns-against-fasting A Spanish Catholic teacher who admitted to molesting nine young children won't set foot in jail because of a legal loophole. https://www.thelocal.es/20160420/catholic-teacher-admits-to-abusing-9-kids-wont-set-foot-in-jail Wed, 20 Apr 2016 16:10:56 +0200 catholic-teacher-admits-to-abusing-9-kids-wont-set-foot-in-jail A mother has been sentenced to one year in prison after assaulting her son's teacher with her handbag outside the school gates in Barcelona. https://www.thelocal.es/20160411/mum-gets-one-year-in-prison-for-assaulting-teacher-with-handbag Mon, 11 Apr 2016 12:50:29 +0200 mum-gets-one-year-in-prison-for-assaulting-teacher-with-handbag In this week's instalment we chat to Robert James Parfett, an English teacher living in Murcia who has just published his first book. https://www.thelocal.es/20160119/learning-to-speak-the-language-is-vital-for-an-expat Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:44:28 +0100 learning-to-speak-the-language-is-vital-for-an-expat The teacher thought he was being secretive but little did he realize his computer was still connected to the classroom’s projector. https://www.thelocal.es/20160115/spain-teacher-fired-after-projecting-porn-videos-to-class Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:04:26 +0100 spain-teacher-fired-after-projecting-porn-videos-to-class A bit of 'Mean Girls'-esque high school drama has stirred up a small town in the Madrid area after a letter containing the private messages of teachers insulting students and parents was dropped into residents' mailboxes. https://www.thelocal.es/20150513/teachers-arrested-for-spreading-whatsapp-secrets Wed, 13 May 2015 13:00:53 +0200 teachers-arrested-for-spreading-whatsapp-secrets It is footage that will send shivers down the spine of any parent who leaves their child at nursery - and has sent a Spanish teaching assistant to jail. https://www.thelocal.es/20150430/teacher-jailed-for-nursery-school-abuse Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:23:39 +0200 teacher-jailed-for-nursery-school-abuse Abel Martínez Oliva was passionate about Barcelona FC and comics, and was a dedicated teacher, friends have revealed, one day after the teacher was killed by a 13-year-old pupil. https://www.thelocal.es/20150421/tributes-paid-to-barcelona-hero-teacher Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:28:13 +0200 tributes-paid-to-barcelona-hero-teacher UPDATED: Police have detained a 13-year-old after a teacher was shot dead with a crossbow and several others injured in a Barcelona secondary school. https://www.thelocal.es/20150420/student-shoots-dead-teacher-in-barcelona-school Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:36:51 +0200 student-shoots-dead-teacher-in-barcelona-school Samantha Chappell took a sabbatical from a publishing job in London to spend a summer living in the northern city of Oviedo. She loved it so much that eight years later she is still there and has discovered her vocation. https://www.thelocal.es/20150216/the-secret-is-the-asturian-way-of-life Mon, 16 Feb 2015 13:04:00 +0100 the-secret-is-the-asturian-way-of-life Spain's results in future PISA tests will be much better if more is done to help students from immigrant backgrounds, experts have said in the wake of the country's poor showing in a recent PISA problem-solving exam. https://www.thelocal.es/20140404/immigrants-do-better-than-spanish-students-in-pisa-2 Fri, 04 Apr 2014 12:43:00 +0200 immigrants-do-better-than-spanish-students-in-pisa-2 A Spanish art teacher working in the UK has caused outrage in the British press after she allegedly put sticky tape over her pupils' mouths to shut them up. https://www.thelocal.es/20140305/teacher-tapes-mouths-kids Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:39:00 +0100 teacher-tapes-mouths-kids Spain's students are still struggling with reading, science and maths despite all the money the country has spent on trying to improve its educational standards, the latest Pisa study results show. https://www.thelocal.es/20131203/spain-flunks-maths-in-pisa-test Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:06:00 +0100 spain-flunks-maths-in-pisa-test