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• Former boss of Vancouver teacher accused of child rape shocked by accusations - KATU

  29-01-2015 23:51
  
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  Former boss of Vancouver teacher accused of child rape shocked by accusations
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  Former boss of Vancouver teacher accused of child rape shocked by accusations »Play Video "Whether it's something that happened or not, you have no idea what either side is going through," said Lori Luecke, who employed Stephanie McCrea at ...
  
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• Dartmouth Bans Hard Liquor On Campus

  29-01-2015 23:44 via npr.org
  
  The Ivy League school is also introducing a mandatory four-year sexual violence prevention and education program for students. The steps are part of efforts to reform social life at the college.
  
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• University Re-Imagines Town And Gown Relationship In Philadelphia

  29-01-2015 23:05 via npr.org
  
  Drexel University is taking a hands-on approach to redeveloping one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods with a new center designed to serve not just students but mainly local residents.
  
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• Your comments: Should teacher have to pay union fee that violates belief? - lehighvalleylive.com

  29-01-2015 22:42
  
  Your comments: Should teacher have to pay union fee that violates belief?
  lehighvalleylive.com
  The new teacher contract approved by the school board Wednesday night includes what is known as a fair-share, a $500 fee non-union members must pay toward the cost of the union bargaining on their behalf. The fee would also cover the costs if a ...
  
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• Girls Get Good Grades But Still Need Help. As For Boys ... SOS!

  29-01-2015 21:42 via npr.org
  
  A study shows that girls do better in math, science and reading than boys in just about every country. So boys clearly need help to success in school. But so do girls.
  
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• Louisiana No. 3 for inappropriate teacher-student relationships, former U.S. ... - NOLA.com

  29-01-2015 21:10
  
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  Louisiana No. 3 for inappropriate teacher-student relationships, former U.S. ...
  NOLA.com
  Louisiana ranks third in the number of reported inappropriate teacher-student relationships, according to data compiled by a Houston-based public relations firm. This combo of handout images provided by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office, shows ...
  Louisiana Apparently Has A Big Problem With Inappropriate Teacher-Student ...The Hayride
  
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• Bartow County teacher accused of having sex with student - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  29-01-2015 21:06
  
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Bartow County teacher accused of having sex with student
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  A Bartow County high school teacher has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student, the sheriff's office said Thursday. Chad Wade Clift, 41, of Rome, was arrested and charged with one count of sexual assault ...
  School system: Cass High teacher arrested for sexual assault resignedDaily Tribune News
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• Video: High School Student Bodyslams Teacher Over Confiscated Cell Phone - Gothamist

  29-01-2015 19:48
  
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  Video: High School Student Bodyslams Teacher Over Confiscated Cell Phone
  Gothamist
  According to NJ.com, the unidentified student, who is a freshman at the school, was disruptive in class, allegedly sitting in his teacher's seat and refusing to move. He reportedly attacked his 62-year-old teacher after he attempted to write him up and ...
  Student Attacks High School Teacher Over Cell PhonePOPSUGAR
  Student arrested, charged with assault after caught-on-camera attack on teacher6abc.co
  
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• Texas student: I had sex with band teacher in music room during Christmas break - mySanAntonio.com

  29-01-2015 19:28
  
  Texas student: I had sex with band teacher in music room during Christmas break
  mySanAntonio.com
  Jason Hodges, a 29-year-old former assistant band director at Waco High School, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly having sexual relations with a female student, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported. Hodges has been charged with having an ...
  
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• 14-Year-Old Montana Boy Charged With Attacking Teacher - ABC News

  29-01-2015 19:27
  San Antonio Express-News
  14-Year-Old Montana Boy Charged With Attacking Teacher
  ABC News
  A 14-year-old Great Falls boy believed to have attacked a teacher at North Middle School faces a Youth Court charge of attempted kidnapping. The boy made an initial court appearance Wednesday, and his bail was set at $50,000, the Great Falls Tribune ...
  More details released in Great Falls middle school teacher assaultKAJ18 Kalispell Montana News
  
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• Former Wilmington high school teacher, coach charged with sexual abuse - The Herald-News

  29-01-2015 19:24
  Former Wilmington high school teacher, coach charged with sexual abuse
  The Herald-News
  WILMINGTON – Police announced Thursday the arrest of a former Wilmington High School social studies teacher and girls basketball coach, alleging he engaged in inappropriate activities with an underage student.
  
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• Video shows SPD pepper spraying teacher at MLK rally - KING5.com

  29-01-2015 19:13
  
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  Video shows SPD pepper spraying teacher at MLK rally
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  Garfield High School teacher Jesse Hagopian says right after giving a speech at a Martin Luther King Jr. rally, police pepper sprayed him. The NAACP just filed the claim at City Hall Wednesday afternoon, against the city of Seattle and Seattle police ...
  SEE IT: Seattle cop pepper sprays teacher at MLK Day rallyNew York Daily News
  Seattle faces $500k suit for pepper-spraying school teacher (VIDEO)RT
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• Unbelievable: Student body-slams teacher for confiscating cell phone - Asbury Park Press

  29-01-2015 18:26
  
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  Unbelievable: Student body-slams teacher for confiscating cell phone
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  Unbelievable: Student body-slams teacher for confiscating cell phone. Unbelievable: Student body-slams teacher for confiscating cell phoneThe Huffington Post reports that a student from John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson was charged with assault ...
  
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• Indiana teacher resigns amid investigation of student relationship - Indianapolis Star

  29-01-2015 17:57
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  Indiana teacher resigns amid investigation of student relationship
  Indianapolis Star
  RICHMOND, Ind. — The Richmond Community Schools board of trustees accepted the resignation of a Richmond High School teacher Wednesday night amid an investigation into an alleged improper relationship between a teacher and a student.
  Indiana high school teacher, placed on leave, quitsWHIO
  
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• Fewer people want to be teachers; NC education leaders look for solutions - WRAL.com

  29-01-2015 16:33
  
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  Fewer people want to be teachers; NC education leaders look for solutions
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  Chapel Hill, N.C. — Fewer North Carolina students are enrolling in teaching programs, a problem education leaders say they are trying to tackle by strengthening recruitment, improving teacher preparation and supporting pay increases. The number of ...
  Changes in teacher training proposed for NCNews & Observer
  
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• Bethlehem teacher doesn't want to pay fee to union that violates beliefs - lehighvalleylive.com

  29-01-2015 15:13
  
  Bethlehem teacher doesn't want to pay fee to union that violates beliefs
  lehighvalleylive.com
  Liberty High School teacher Richard Coppock is perplexed that the Bethlehem Education Association can make him pay $500 for opting out of a union that he says violates his political, religious and moral beliefs. Coppock has been teaching in the ...
  
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• Obama's Budget Would Undo Broad Cuts Made During Recession

  29-01-2015 12:03 via npr.org
  
  The across-the-board spending cuts made in 2013, known as the sequester, reduced defense and domestic budgets by hundreds of millions each. Republicans are expected to fiercely defend that plan.
  
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• Obama's Budget Would Undo Broad Cuts Made In 2013

  29-01-2015 12:03 via npr.org
  
  The across-the-board spending cuts made in 2013, known as the sequester, reduced defense and domestic budgets by hundreds of millions each. Republicans are expected to fiercely defend that plan.
  
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• Obama's Budget Would Undo Broad, Automatic Cuts Made In 2013

  29-01-2015 12:03 via npr.org
  
  The across-the-board spending cuts made in 2013, known as the sequester, reduced defense and domestic budgets by hundreds of millions each. Republicans are expected to fiercely defend that plan.
  
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• Md. teacher receives ?Oscar of teaching? award - WJLA

  29-01-2015 07:52
  
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  Md. teacher receives ?Oscar of teaching? award
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  Maggie Hawk is a teacher at Yellow Springs Elementary School in Frederick. It is the same school where Hawk was a student when she was in elementary school. "She struggled in school. She had a first-grade teacher that told her she can make it, that she ...
  Frederick Teacher Wins "Oscar of Teaching"NBC4 Washington
  Frederick teacher surprised with prestigious award-- and $25000!MyFox Washington DC
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• Video shows Seattle police spraying teacher at MLK rally - USA TODAY

  29-01-2015 07:15
  
  Video shows Seattle police spraying teacher at MLK rally
  USA TODAY
  A Seattle high school teacher said what would have been one of the proudest days of his life turned into a painful violation from Seattle police. Garfield High School teacher Jesse Hagopian says right after giving a speech at a Martin Luther King Jr ...
  Video shows teacher getting pepper sprayed by officerKIRO Seattle
  Garfield teacher hit by pepper spray files claim against cityThe Seattle Times
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• My Teacher is Tops: Angel Outlaw - 13WMAZ

  29-01-2015 06:55
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  My Teacher is Tops: Angel Outlaw
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  This week's My Teacher is Tops recipient has been through some difficult times, but she still finds a way to make her Language Arts class fun every day. Fourth grade teacher, Angel Outlaw, at Wilkinson County Elementary says teaching is what makes her ...
  
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• South East mourns loss of special-education teacher - Iowa City Press Citizen

  29-01-2015 06:53
  
  South East mourns loss of special-education teacher
  Iowa City Press Citizen
  South East Junior High this week lost a beloved staff member, Connie Wicks, a special education teacher who died early Tuesday morning. Wicks' sister, Chris Huffman, said Wicks, who didn't have children of her own, was very devoted to students at South ...
  
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• King George School Board proposes two-year plan to bring starting teacher pay ... - Fredericksburg.com

  29-01-2015 06:24
  
  King George School Board proposes two-year plan to bring starting teacher pay ...
  Fredericksburg.com
  King George is used to losing teachers to Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania and Stafford, said School Board Vice Chairman T.C. Collins. Those localities get extra money from the General Assembly to help them compete with Northern Virginia ...
  
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• Teacher-student boundaries blur with advent of social media - KATU

  29-01-2015 06:03
  
  KATU
  Teacher-student boundaries blur with advent of social media
  KATU
  More female teachers are getting caught sexually abusing their students. I requested data from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. Vickie Chamberlain, the commission's executive director, shared these statistics with me: Since spring ...
  
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• Athens High teacher arrested for alleged affair with student - Athens NEWS

  29-01-2015 06:01
  
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  Athens High teacher arrested for alleged affair with student
  Athens NEWS
  An Athens High School teacher has been arrested for allegedly being "involved in a sexual relationship with student" at the school dating back to at least December 2013. The Athens County Sheriff's Office issued a news release Tuesday afternoon ...
  Athens High School teacher charged with sex with studentColumbus Dispatch
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• Teacher arrested on suspicion of 'inappropriate touching' of Merced County ... - Merced Sun-Star

  29-01-2015 05:31
  
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  Teacher arrested on suspicion of 'inappropriate touching' of Merced County ...
  Merced Sun-Star
  A Merced County teacher has been arrested on suspicion of “inappropriate touching” of at least two juvenile hall inmates and posting gang-related photographs to their social media accounts, the Merced Sun-Star has confirmed. Marilouise Hawks, 64, a ...
  Teacher Accused of 'Misconduct' with Juvenile InmatesFOX40
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• Teacher of the Month: Alex Polanco - WGN-TV

  29-01-2015 04:50
  
  Teacher of the Month: Alex Polanco
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  In this computer driven world, our teacher of the month encourages his students to give their computers a rest — and get their hands dirty. WGN's Teacher of the Month is Alex Polanco. He's an art teacher at Keller Junior High in northwest suburban ...
  
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• NJ Teen Accused of Tackling, Punching Teacher During Class - NBC New York

  29-01-2015 04:43
  
  NJ Teen Accused of Tackling, Punching Teacher During Class
  NBC New York
  A New Jersey teen is facing aggravated assault charges after police say he slammed one of his teachers to the ground and punched him repeatedly during class last week. The 16-year-old, whose identity is not being released, was arrested after the attack ...
  
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• Tropical Elementary educator named Teacher of the Year - Florida Today

  29-01-2015 04:03
  
  Florida Today
  Tropical Elementary educator named Teacher of the Year
  Florida Today
  Parsons, a sixth-grade teacher at Tropical Elementary School on Merritt Island, said she was "beyond humbled and honored" to take Teacher of the Year honors during the ABC Awards program Wednesday night at the King Center for the Performing Arts.
  
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• Teacher and Students Do Choreographed Dance to "Uptown Funk" - POPSUGAR

  29-01-2015 03:50
  
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  Teacher and Students Do Choreographed Dance to "Uptown Funk"
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  Theater arts teacher Scot Pankey recruited the students to be his backup dancers in a video that shows him dancing his way through groups of high schoolers in the hallways. According to the description Pankey posted on the video, "This is a great ...
  Dallas teacher leads class in viral 'Uptown Funk' videoUPI.com
  Video of teacher, students dancing to 'Uptown Funk' brings Bruno Mars to tea
  
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• Bellevue elementary school teacher suspected of child rape - KOMO News

  29-01-2015 02:40
  
  Bellevue elementary school teacher suspected of child rape
  KOMO News
  BELLEVUE, Wash. - An art teacher at a Bellevue elementary school has been arrested for investigation of child rape and child molestation, police said. The suspect was taken into custody Tuesday night, said Amanda Jensen of the Bellevue Police ...
  Bellevue elementary school teacher arrested for suspicion of child rape ...Q13 FOX
  Art teacher arrested for child rape, molestationKIRO Seattle
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• Union challenges decision that teacher attacked in Paterson classroom is ... - NJ.com

  29-01-2015 02:10
  
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  Union challenges decision that teacher attacked in Paterson classroom is ...
  NJ.com
  The assault was captured in a YouTube video, which allegedly shows a 16-year-old freshman at John F. Kennedy High School grab the 62-year-old teacher, yank him backwards and slam him to the floor last week in a classroom as other students looked on.
  Paterson student arrested after caught-on-camera attack on teacherWABC-TV
  Student arrested after teacher takes smartphone: Do our devices own
  
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• Female drama teacher charged with raping male student - USA TODAY

  29-01-2015 00:03
  
  USA TODAY
  Female drama teacher charged with raping male student
  USA TODAY
  A former drama teacher accused of raping a 15-year-old student appeared in court Wednesday, facing multiple charges and accusations she manipulated the boy by threatening to kill herself after he exposed their secret relationship. Stephanie McCrea ...
  Vanc. teacher accused of raping student released from jailkgw.com
  Documents: Evergreen teacher had sex with student at home, schoolThe Columbian
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• 'Maker Space' Allows Kids To Innovate, Learn In The Hospital

  29-01-2015 00:00 via npr.org
  
  At a children's hospital in Nashville, Tenn., a mobile maker space allows patients to share materials and tools to build new things, while also teaching them about math and science.
  
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