I sat through three days of the General Teaching Council Scotland (GTCS) four-day fitness-to-teach hearing of the ex-Convenor of the Confederation of Friends of Israel Scotland (COFIS), Edward Sutherland, a religious affairs teacher at Bell Academy in Ayr, Scotland. Despite his denials under oath, the GTCS panel found that Sutherland had posted anti-Semitic comments and that his fitness to teach has been impaired. It will decide in the coming days on sanctions. Sutherland’s predecessor as COFIS…
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