a teacher who is at the chalkface is teaching students, and is not working in any other kind of job connected with education.

The media give a picture of falling standards in schools, but there is optimism at the chalkface.

• raise Cain
• raised eyebrows
• raise eyebrows
• raise game
• raise hackles
• raise hand against
• raise hand against someone
• raise hand to
• raise hand to someone
• raise hell
• raise its head
• raise its ugly head
• raise some eyebrows
• raise someone's hackles
• raise the ante
• raise the roof
• raise the spectre of
• raise the spectre of something
• raise the stakes
• raise the tone
• raise your game
• raise your hackles
• raise your hand against
• raise your hand against someone
• raise your hand to