Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Teachers plan strike action three days a week EVERY week in November
manchestereveningnews.co.ukTeachers at a Salford high school are planning to strike for three days a week every week of this month. The move, by staff at Co-op Academy Swinton, follows previous industrial action before half term and will once again leave some students learning remotely.
Teachers say the action, by members of the NASUWT union, is due to 'adverse management practices' affecting workload, working practices and pupil behaviour, and have accused the school of failing to consult.
They claim changes to the structure of the school day 'have seriously fractured the behavioural and pastoral systems in the school, as well as having a negative impact on the quality of teaching and learning' - with teachers 'working excessive hours and struggling to deliver the
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