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NAHT's Graham Gault said "school leaders have yet to experience any meaningful reduction in the huge pressures they face," while the NEU's Pauline Buchanan said "there has been insufficient progress on core matters".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Suddenly, Gault said in the documentary, “Guys don’t want to do the video.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
Gault, who lives in Bradford, Pennsylvania, near that state’s border with New York, said he thinks about the debate — and the stalemate — in Washington a lot.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2023
At the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, he became the first English athlete in 24 years to win four golds at a single Games since shooter Mick Gault.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023
Supreme Court ruled in In re Gault that children under the age of eighteen have the right to legal assistance with any criminal charges filed against them.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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