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• Mark Zuckerberg Is Betting Tech Can Address Educational Equity. Is It That Simple?

  05-12-2015 12:43 via npr.org
  
  The Facebook CEO and his wife will deploy billions to improve schools using technology. Critics warn of the dangers of freestanding solutions.
  
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• PRP student accused of 'roughing up' a teacher during class - WLKY Louisville

  05-12-2015 06:55 via
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  PRP student accused of 'roughing up' a teacher during class
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  LOUISVILLE, Ky. —A student at Pleasure Ridge Park High School is accused of roughing up a teacher. Related. Father charged with assaulting baby · Arrest made in connection with stolen... Package thief arrested again for same... Security boosted at ...
  Former Student Claims Sexual Abuse by TeacherPatch.com
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• Bremen football coach, teacher suspended - South Bend Tribune

  05-12-2015 05:23 via
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  Bremen football coach, teacher suspended
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  Bremen High School football Coach Bob Holmes is charged with a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. Related Stories. Related: Bremen football coach charged with domestic battery. Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 10:52 am | Updated: 1:42 pm, ...and more »
  

• Mother claims Pre-K teacher forced her son to unclog toilet with his bare hands - Fox 4

  05-12-2015 04:50 via
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  Mother claims Pre-K teacher forced her son to unclog toilet with his bare hands
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  Flagler Co., Fla. - A teacher's lesson turned into an investigation at Rymfire Elementary School on Monday after Tiffany Huffman says her 4 year-old son was forced to stick his hands in the toilet. "He had just got done going number one and number two ...
  Teacher tells student to put hands in toilet to teach lessonWFSB
  Fla. mother claims teacher made her son unclog toilet with bare handsPalm Beach Postal
  

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• Queens gym teacher targeted for whistleblowing gets settlement from city - New York Daily News

  05-12-2015 04:28 via
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  Queens gym teacher targeted for whistleblowing gets settlement from city
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  A Queens gym teacher who said he was targeted for blowing the whistle on grade changing and other problems at his school has received a six figure settlement from the city. Peter Maliarakis, 37, sued the city Department of Education in 2014 claiming ...
  

• MURRIETA: High school teacher arrested on felony sex charges - Press-Enterprise

  05-12-2015 04:04 via
  MURRIETA: High school teacher arrested on felony sex charges
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  Murrieta Valley High School teacher was placed on administrative leave by the school district on Tuesday. La Prensa. Today's PollWhat's this? Do you think Ronda Rousey, who was born in Riverside, is a good role model for young women? YES: Young ...and more »
  

• Teacher Injured After Car Crashes Through School Window - NBC New York

  05-12-2015 03:11 via
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  Teacher Injured After Car Crashes Through School Window
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  A gym teacher suffered minor injuries, but no students were hurt. Brian Thompson reports. (Published 5 hours ago). A woman crashed an SUV through a basement window of a New Jersey School Friday, injuring one person and frightening students, staff and ...and more »
  

• The teacher salary equation - Daily Republic

  05-12-2015 02:57 via
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  Daily Republic
  If the state offers more education funding to school districts, Mitchell's superintendent has no doubt where that money will end up. Earlier this year, Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced the creation of the Blue Ribbon Task Force in an effort to search for ...and more »
  

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• More than three decades later, student recalls teacher's kindness - MyAJC (blog)

  05-12-2015 02:47 via
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  More than three decades later, student recalls teacher's kindness
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  University of Georgia education professor Peter Smagorinsky is a regular contributor to the AJC Get Schooled blog. Today, he shares a lovely essay about a former of student who reached out to him 35 years later to thank him. The man was not thanking ...
  

• California School Admistrators Address Teacher Shortage - KPBS

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  California School Admistrators Address Teacher Shortage
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  Educators at the California School Board Association's annual conference explore the San Diego Convention Center's halls looking at trade show booths, Dec. 4, 2015. The California School Board Association's annual conference drew more than 3,000 ...
  

• JCPS: teacher made inappropriate sexual comments - The Courier-Journal

  05-12-2015 02:20 via
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  JCPS: teacher made inappropriate sexual comments
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  A Jefferson County Public Schools teacher who was transferred out of Minor Daniels Academy earlier this year made inappropriate sexual comments to students while at that school, according to a district investigation. The district began the ...
  JCPS: Minor Daniels Academy teacher made 'sexually inappropriate' comments to ...WDRBall 2 news articles »
  

• Charter school teacher hit with multiple corruption charges for leading ... - Allentown Morning Call

  05-12-2015 01:43 via
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  Charter school teacher hit with multiple corruption charges for leading ...
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  Medical Academy Charter School teacher Michael Frassetto speaks to the students at the Allentown School District student walkout on September 28, 2015. Medical Academy Charter School teacher Michael Frassetto speaks to the students at the Allentown ...and more »
  

• Arkansas teacher could face charges for allegedly pepper spraying a special ... - KATV

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  Arkansas teacher could face charges for allegedly pepper spraying a special ...
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  FORREST CITY (KATV) — An Arkansas teacher is off the job and could face charges after authorities say she pepper sprayed a special needs student in the face in a high school cafeteria. According to the police report, another school employee reported ...
  

• BEP, Nissan mini-grants fund teacher projects - The Daily News Journal

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  BEP, Nissan mini-grants fund teacher projects
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  MURFREESBORO — Dozens of Murfreesboro City and Rutherford County Schools teachers received mini-grants to pursue new classroom projects Friday as part of the Business Education Partnership Foundation's and Nissan's biannual grant program.
  

• San Ramon: Teacher accused of molesting student out on bail - Contra Costa Times

  05-12-2015 00:36 via
  San Ramon: Teacher accused of molesting student out on bail
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  MARTINEZ -- A Contra Costa Superior Court judge on Friday lowered the bail for a former San Ramon elementary schoolteacher accused of molesting a 10-year-old girl, allowing him to be released from custody. Judge Cheryl Mills cited a lack of evidence to ...
  

• Former students grieve over loss of Lake Travis teacher - FOX 7 Austin

  05-12-2015 00:31 via
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  Former students grieve over loss of Lake Travis teacher
  FOX 7 Austin
  Students are remembering Lake Travis High School teacher Ginger Johnson. She died Thursday in a head-on crash on Highway 71. Scott Cahill did not believe what he was reading, when he got the news. His former chemistry teacher passed away.
  DPS: Wrong-way driver hit, killed Lake Travis teacher on Texas 71Austin American-Statesmanall 2 news articles »
  

• Boy, 11, charged with battery on teacher - WJXT Jacksonville

  05-12-2015 00:12 via
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  Boy, 11, charged with battery on teacher
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  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A fifth-grader at Southside Estates Elementary School faces a felony battery charge after he was accused of grabbing a teacher's wrist last month while trying to take a piece of paper out of her hand. Ma'Chi Harrison, 11, was ...
  11-year-old boy arrested for battery on a Duval teacherFlorida Times-Union
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