After the Mail's account of a teacher being punched in the face with no action by the ignocracy, here, we have this from the Telegraph on cyber-bullyng of teachers and headteachers. One of the worst elements of the internet is the opportunity it affords for people to abuse, hurt and libel others while remaining anonymous. This is a subtle form of sedition. Sedition was only tackled during elections by having people include their name and address on everything they published. We probably need something similar on the interenet to stop people using anonymous networks to organise riots and damage innocent people they happen to dislike (much as we might approve of the anonymity afforded to people in unfree countries). At least the Telegraph piece includes a helpline.
The worst thing about the Mail piece is the outrageous action of school management in suspending a teacher who later resigned, after a malicious allegation that the pupil later admitted was made up. There should be compensation for teachers in such cases. I have a friend who resigned from an FE college after a recalictrant 16 year old girl told her that if she didn't stop annoying her she'd make something up and get her sacked. Again, no action against the student, whose human rights included the right to abuse teachers. Too late for helplines after people or their careers have been destroyed. No doubt the idiots in the last government and New Ofsted who set up this system are pleased with their work.