A teacher has been banned from the profession for life after he admitted possessing an indecent image of a child. William Goswell, 59, taught at Furze Platt Senior School in Maidenhead, Berkshire, when he was arrested for possessing an image in the most serious category in August 2023. bbc.com/news/articles/c8n5v2…

A teacher who sexually abused 12 pupils at a school in Paisley has been jailed for four years. Martin Gallacher, 46, groomed and abused vulnerable boys over an 11-year period. He targeted them in his classes and at lunch, as well as badminton and football clubs he ran within the school. bbc.com/news/articles/cm1wv8…

We are reposting our criticism after The Principal’s Office objected to what we had to say. Thankfully, this woman is no longer a principal in a US school. Implementing a blanket policy stripping students with ADHD alone of their IEPs and Section 504 protections could expose districts to an OCR investigation, state action under IDEA and lawsuits from families whose children’s rights had been violated. ADHD is explicitly recognised in federal special education regulations. Children do not need a second diagnosis to qualify. Eligibility must be assessed individually against the legal criteria, not decided by an administrator’s personal opinion about which disabilities deserve support. Section 504 is federal legislation. Its protections extend to eligible students who do not require special education. You cannot simply remove those protections by declaring you believe that ADHD should no longer sit under the special education umbrella. If virtually every student she saw with ADHD has the same plan and the accommodations are not working, perhaps she should have questioned the quality of the assessments, the plans and their implementation. That is a reason to improve support, not strip children of their rights. Extra time, breaks and preferential seating may help some students. They do not replace the duty to assess and meet each child’s individual needs. Nor do they replace the procedural safeguards that allow families to challenge inadequate provision. The suggestion that some children “grow out of it” while others use their disability as a “crutch” creates a deeply misleading distinction. ADHD symptoms can change over time, and some people experience remission, but many continue to face difficulties into adulthood. Persistent disability is not evidence of dependency or a failure to take responsibility. The possibility that a child’s needs may change later is no justification for denying the support they need now. Calling a disability a “crutch” is particularly troubling coming from someone who held responsibility for children’s education. What confidence could families have that their children would receive a fair assessment under that leadership? Children’s disability rights are not conditional on an administrator finding the paperwork worthwhile. Her publicly expressed views give families reason to ask whether their children’s needs were assessed fairly and their legal rights respected. The account has also claimed that ICARS “doxxed” her. The connection between her name and this account was already publicly documented. Readers can check the sources below: Kappan, 21 May 2025: Her article carries the byline Gail Johnson, and its author biography links directly to @educator4ever36. kappanonline.org/gail-johnso… Education Week, 10 November 2025: Names retired principal Gail Johnson and reproduces a post from @educator4ever36. edweek.org/leadership/should… RollerCoaster, 5 November 2025: Names Gail Johnson and reproduces her account’s post thanking TODAY for its coverage, including: “And I guess now you can put a face to my account!” rollercoaster.ie/family/kids… • Her account’s own post, 3 November 2025, reproduced in that article: xitter.cf/educator4ever36/status… These public connections predate ICARS’s posts. Our criticism concerns her publicly expressed views on education and support for children with ADHD.