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• Teacher tests: 'Unfair, financially crippling' - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  16-01-2015 22:48
  
  The Columbian
  Teacher tests: 'Unfair, financially crippling'
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Robert Fatone, a 2014 graduate of SUNY Brockport, has struggled to gain the certification allowing him to teach in the state's public schools. Of the four exams required for certification, he has passed two and failed a third. He has yet to take the ...
  Missouri revamps teacher preparationSTLtoday.com
  Alternative teacher certification has criticsColumbia Daily Tribune
  
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• Norman High teacher's sudden death stuns community - Norman Transcript

  16-01-2015 22:41
  
  Norman Transcript
  Norman High teacher's sudden death stuns community
  Norman Transcript
  The 43-year-old Norman High School science teacher, who taught for two decades and touched countless lives, began feeling ill Thursday morning. He was transported by ambulance to Norman Regional Hospital where he passed away Thursday evening.
  
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• NCAA To Return Penn State Wins Lost After Sandusky Scandal

  16-01-2015 22:26 via npr.org
  
  The NCAA has settled a lawsuit with Penn State over sanctions it imposed on the school related to a child abuse scandal involving one of the school's assistant football coaches. Under the settlement, all of Penn State's victories between 1998 and 2011 will be restored and the school will donate $60 million anti-child abuse programs. State officials sued to repeal a consent decree issued in 2012 after the serial abuses of former coach Jerry Sandusky were revealed.
  
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• Duke University Backpedals After Cancelling Muslim Call To Prayer

  16-01-2015 22:26 via npr.org
  
  After criticism, Duke University allowed its campus chapel tower to be used in a weekly "call to prayer" for the school's Muslim community.
  
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• Duke University Backpedals After Allowing Muslim Call To Prayer

  16-01-2015 22:26 via npr.org
  
  Earlier this week, the university said Muslim students could use the bell tower — but then backtracked after getting threats.
  
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• Duke Backpedals On Allowing Muslim Call To Prayer In Bell Tower

  16-01-2015 22:26 via npr.org
  
  Earlier this week, the university said Muslim students could use the chapel bell tower — but then backtracked after getting threats.
  
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• Orange teacher raises part of new agreement - Orlando Sentinel

  16-01-2015 21:51
  
  Orange teacher raises part of new agreement
  Orlando Sentinel
  Teachers who were employed last year will get the $1,000 bonus because in the 2013-14 school year, the Orange County school district won the Broad Prize for Urban Education, a national competition. Diana Moore, president of the Orange County ...
  
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• Sex scandal teacher charged again - WEEI.com

  16-01-2015 20:49
  
  KSL.com
  Sex scandal teacher charged again
  WEEI.com
  That teen testified on Friday that he told authorities about his relationship with the former teacher in October of last year — the same day she was arrested for charges related to the first teen. … Prosecutors say the teacher acknowledged to ...
  Ex-teacher held without bail before trial on sex chargesKSL.com
  Former Utah teacher faces new charges after teen says they had sex -- again6abc.com
  Former Utah teacher expected in court on new sex
  
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• Grammar of murder: English teacher tells students to describe how they would ... - RT

  16-01-2015 20:14
  RT
  Grammar of murder: English teacher tells students to describe how they would ...
  RT
  A Maryland middle school English teacher has been forced to apologize after setting a language exercise in which students had to use their knowledge of advanced grammatical constructions to colorfully detail how they would murder her. The Washington ...
  Teacher assigned students to write about how they would kill herWashington Post (blog)
  Homework: Describe How You Would Kill TeacherPatch.com
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• Reading school teacher, brother busted on drug charges - WFMZ Allentown

  16-01-2015 20:08
  
  WPVI-TV
  Reading school teacher, brother busted on drug charges
  WFMZ Allentown
  Dusten Cook, 32, a math teacher at the Reading Intermediate High School, also known as the Citadel, and his brother, Bryan Cook, 26, were nabbed as part of an investigation by Limerick Township police, who announced the arrests Friday afternoon.
  School teacher, brother charged in Limerick Twp. heroin bustWPVI-TV
  Montco police: Teacher, brother, charged in heroin bustPhilly.com
  
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• Medford teacher under police investigation - Marshfield News-Herald

  16-01-2015 20:04
  
  WSAW
  Medford teacher under police investigation
  Marshfield News-Herald
  MEDFORD – Medford Area Senior High School business teacher and boys basketball coach Ronald Lien has been placed on paid administrative leave and is the subject of a police investigation. Lien, who has taught in the district for 30 years, was placed on ...
  Medford High School Teacher on Paid LeaveWSAW
  Medford teacher has no comment - WFXS, MyFoxWausau - News and Weather ...MyFox Wausau
  
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• Community In Turmoil: Teacher Arrested For Raping High School Football Star - TheBlaze.com

  16-01-2015 19:06
  
  TheBlaze.com
  Community In Turmoil: Teacher Arrested For Raping High School Football Star
  TheBlaze.com
  A parent to two young children, herself (who also participates in an educational program at the school), Allison Marchese seemingly overlooked all of the internal and external inhibitors that would deter a teacher from morally and/or physically ...
  
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• PD: Westport teacher arrested after having sex with student - WFSB

  16-01-2015 19:05
  
  Westport News
  PD: Westport teacher arrested after having sex with student
  WFSB
  WESTPORT, CT (WFSB) - A shoreline teacher is facing sex assault charges after police said he had an inappropriate relationship with a student he was tutoring. Police in Westport said they started investigating 44-year-old Theron Kissinger after being ...
  teacher charged with sexually assaulting studentWestport News
  Staples High teacher arrested for having sexual relationship with studentThehour.com
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• Public school teacher assistant sends student masturbation video, nude photo ... - Local 10

  16-01-2015 18:36
  
  Local 10
  Public school teacher assistant sends student masturbation video, nude photo ...
  Local 10
  A former Broward public high school employee confessed to using social media to send a picture of his penis and a video of himself masturbating to a teenage student, Miramar police said Wednesday. Stefon Smith, of Lauderhill, was a teacher assistant at ...
  Teacher's assistant accused of sending lewd photos, video to studentMiamiHerald.com (blog)
  Teacher's Assistant Accused Of Sending
  
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• Arizona 1st In Nation To Require High Schoolers To Pass Civics Test

  16-01-2015 16:48 via npr.org
  
  The state's governor signed a bill into law that will require graduates to pass the same civics test given to candidates for U.S. citizenship. Similar measures are being considered in other states.
  
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• New GED Test Means Many Have To Start From Scratch

  16-01-2015 14:08 via npr.org
  
  When the GED Testing Service created a new test in 2014, thousands realized they'd have to start the process over.
  
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• Washington Leads Largest US States in Teacher Engagement - Gallup.com

  16-01-2015 12:13
  Washington Leads Largest US States in Teacher Engagement
  Gallup.com
  This article is the second in a series exploring employee engagement among U.S. teachers as measured by Gallup Daily tracking. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Of the 15 most populous U.S. states, Washington leads in the percentage of teachers engaged in their ...
  
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• Walter Berns: Teacher, Scholar, Inspiration - American Spectator

  16-01-2015 07:37
  
  American Spectator
  Walter Berns: Teacher, Scholar, Inspiration
  American Spectator
  On the advice of my friend John J. Miller, I called Mr. Berns, who immediately told me he was about to retire from teaching and would be of little help to me for future studies. I replied that I only wanted to audit his course, which he very graciously ...
  
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• Rye teacher reassignment an 'injustice,' ex-principal says - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  16-01-2015 06:10
  
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Rye teacher reassignment an 'injustice,' ex-principal says
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  In May 2013, four teachers in the Rye school district were placed on administrative reassignment for "improper coaching" during state tests. Two of the teachers were from Milton Elementary school and two from Osborn. Shannon Gold, a fourth-grade ...
  
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• Boy wounded, teacher grazed in shooting at Wisconsin Lutheran High School - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

  16-01-2015 05:41
  
  WDJT
  Boy wounded, teacher grazed in shooting at Wisconsin Lutheran High School
  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  The teen's injury is not life-threatening and the teacher, who was attempting to break up the fight, did not require medical treatment. According to police, an altercation took place between two female students - one from Wisconsin Lutheran, the other ...
  Parent pulls gun, injures teen and teacher at Wisconsin LutheranWDJT
  
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• Carlisle teacher opposes pay raise that is part of teachers' new contract ... - PennLive.com

  16-01-2015 05:22
  
  Carlisle teacher opposes pay raise that is part of teachers' new contract ...
  PennLive.com
  CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL Pennsylvania History Day.jpg Carlisle High School history teacher Kevin Wager, center, shown here during the Pennsylvania State History Day competition, said he doesn't want teachers to receive a 2.4 percent pay increase next ...
  
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• Ex-teacher held without bail before trial on sex charges - KSL.com

  16-01-2015 05:01
  KSL.com
  Ex-teacher held without bail before trial on sex charges
  KSL.com
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah judge ordered a former high school teacher to jail Thursday while she awaits trial on new charges alleging sex with a third teenage boy. Judge John Morris decided to revoke bail for 35-year-old Brianne Altice after hearing ...
  Affair with Utah teacher began with struggle at home: victimNew York Daily News
  Former Utah teacher expected in court on new sex abuse chargesSalt Lake Tribune
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• Teacher out pending investigation - Muncie Star Press

  16-01-2015 04:51
  
  Muncie Star Press
  Teacher out pending investigation
  Muncie Star Press
  SELMA – A veteran educator is out of the classroom — and off the sidelines of local high school basketball courts — pending completion of a police investigation. Contacted Thursday, Bryan Rausch, superintendent of the Liberty-Perry Community School ...
  
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• Teacher off pending investigation - Muncie Star Press

  16-01-2015 04:51
  
  Muncie Star Press
  Teacher off pending investigation
  Muncie Star Press
  SELMA – A veteran educator is out of the classroom — and off the sidelines of local high school basketball courts — pending completion of a police investigation. Contacted Thursday, Bryan Rausch, superintendent of the Liberty-Perry Community School ...
  
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• Rocky Hill Teacher Accused Of Rape Resigns - Hartford Courant

  16-01-2015 04:14
  
  Rocky Hill Teacher Accused Of Rape Resigns
  Hartford Courant
  ROCKY HILL — An elementary school physical education teacher who was placed on paid leave in December after administrators learned he had been indicted on rape charges in Springfield has resigned. Bryan MacDonald, 22, a first-year teacher who was ...
  
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• Ohio teacher convicted of showing high school class violent, graphic movie - Chicago Tribune

  16-01-2015 03:53
  
  Columbus Dispatch
  Ohio teacher convicted of showing high school class violent, graphic movie
  Chicago Tribune
  Sheila Kearns, right, listens to testimony in Judge Schneider's Common Pleas Courtroom with attorney Geoffrey Oglesby on Jan. 13, 2015. Sheila Kearns, right, listens to testimony in Judge Schneider's Common Pleas Courtroom with attorney Geoffrey ...
  UPDATED: Ohio teacher convicted of felony for showing The ABCs Of Death in ...A.V. Club (blog)
  Former Columbus teacher guilty o
  
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• Westport Teacher Arrested After Sex With Student: Cops - NBC Connecticut

  16-01-2015 03:36
  
  NBC Connecticut
  Westport Teacher Arrested After Sex With Student: Cops
  NBC Connecticut
  A teacher at Staples High School in Westport has been arrested and placed on administrative leave after having a sexual relationship with a female student, according to police. Police said Theron Kissinger, 44, of Southbury, met the student during ...
  Westport high school teacher accused of sex with studentWTNH
  Teacher arrested for alleged sexual relationship with studentNews 12 Connecticut
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• OG teacher threatens pupil - Lima Ohio

  16-01-2015 03:05
  
  OG teacher threatens pupil
  Lima Ohio
  “While there is no evidence that you intended to carry out your threat and you deny any intent to carry out your threat, the statement, while made in frustration, showed very poor judgment and is unacceptable in the teaching profession,” Horstman wrote.
  
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• Bill outlines Haslam's changes to teacher evaluations - The Tennessean

  16-01-2015 02:37
  
  The Tennessean
  Bill outlines Haslam's changes to teacher evaluations
  The Tennessean
  Known as the "Tennessee Teaching Evaluation Enhancement Act," the plan says student scores account for 10 percent of a teacher evaluation next school year. That jumps to 20 percent the following year, then returns to 35 percent. It also lowers the same ...
  Governor's administration files teacher evaluation billWMC Action News 5
  
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• Students shortchanged by state teacher tenure laws - U-T San Diego

  16-01-2015 02:04
  
  Students shortchanged by state teacher tenure laws
  U-T San Diego
  In an article posted recently, Paul Peterson, Harvard professor and editor-in-chief of Education Next asks, “Do teachers support the Vergara decision?” More specifically, he discusses tenure, which is in jeopardy in California due to Los Angeles ...
  
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• DFL senator breaks from party to introduce bill that would strip teacher seniority - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  16-01-2015 01:27
  
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  DFL senator breaks from party to introduce bill that would strip teacher seniority
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  Eliminating so-called last-in, first-out protections has been a goal of Republicans, but opposed by many DFLers, who count the teachers' union Education Minnesota among its staunchest allies and who say there is value in keeping experienced teachers in ...
  
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• Mom Says Son with Special Needs was Grabbed by Teacher - whotv.com

  16-01-2015 00:53
  
  Mom Says Son with Special Needs was Grabbed by Teacher
  whotv.com
  FORT DODGE, Iowa — A Fort Dodge mother says her son with special needs was inappropriately grabbed by his teacher. And, she says her son has the marks to prove it. In a lot of ways, Alex Estlund is like any other 10-year-old boy. He loves football ...
  
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• Using Technology to Enable Parent Teacher Communication - Huffington Post

  16-01-2015 00:34
  
  Using Technology to Enable Parent Teacher Communication
  Huffington Post
  Both sets of caregivers rightly believe now that teacher-parent communication fosters better understanding and collaboration between the classroom and home to make education a wholesome experience for the child. Indeed, research has shown that ...
  
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• Spokane teacher uses music to boost learning - KREM.com (subscription)

  16-01-2015 00:26
  
  Spokane teacher uses music to boost learning
  KREM.com (subscription)
  A Spokane teacher is using music in her classroom to promote better learning. Christy Verble teaches second grade at Finch Elementary School. For the last 15 years she has been using singing and chanting as a way to help her students learn. Verble said ...
  
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• Ann Marie Corgill of Mountain Brook named 2015 National Teacher of the Year ... - AL.com

  16-01-2015 00:07
  
  Journal and Courier
  Ann Marie Corgill of Mountain Brook named 2015 National Teacher of the Year ...
  AL.com
  In high school, Corgill had a math teacher who convinced her she would never achieve the A-average that was her goal. According to a Mountain Brook Schools news release, Corgill's teacher told her that "only the smartest kids" achieved that goal ...
  Hawaii teacher among 4 finalists in national awardWest Hawaii Today
  PD teacher chosen as national finalistAmarillo.com
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