{"id":197,"date":"2022-02-17T16:05:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/?p=197"},"modified":"2022-02-17T16:05:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:05:09","slug":"gender-free-model-students-should-stop-calling-teachers-mr-and-mrs-teachers-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savebritain.org\/gender-free-model-students-should-stop-calling-teachers-mr-and-mrs-teachers-told\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Gender-Free Model’: Students Should Stop Calling Teachers \u2018Mr and Mrs\u2019, Teachers Told"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In order to foster a \u201cgender-free\u201d education model,\u00a0the chief executive of the Educate & Celebrate charity,\u00a0Dr Elly Barnes told teachers that pupils should use gender-neutral terms such as \u201cteacher\u201d when in the classroom, instead of the traditional \u2018Mr\u2019 and \u2018Mrs\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a 90-minute webinar from Dr Barnes, a copy of which was obtained<\/a> by The Telegraph<\/em>, she went on to advocate for classrooms to abandon other gender-specific terms such as \u201cboys\u201d, \u201cgirls\u201d, \u201cson\u201d, and \u201cmother\u201d, in favour of alternatives such as \u201cstudents\u201d, \u201cpupils\u201d, \u201cchild\u201d, and \u201cparent\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During the lecture \u2014 which was organised and funded by the National Education Union (NEU) \u2014 Dr Barnes advocated for a \u201ccode of conduct\u201d to be introduced at the start of term, and said that those who disagreed should be barred from the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Educate & Celebrate chief also said that schools should be introducing \u201cgender-free\u201d uniforms, saying: \u201cDon\u2019t say a boy\u2019s fit or a girl\u2019s fit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The charity\u2019s website boasts that\u00a0\u201cthousands of nurseries, primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and businesses\u201d have signed up to their \u201cpride in equity, diversity and inclusion award\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n