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• Districts withhold data from state in 15 teacher misconduct cases - MyStatesman.com

  14-12-2015 23:33 via
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  Districts withhold data from state in 15 teacher misconduct cases
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  State investigators — who say they are sometimes hampered by school districts that decline to provide information about teachers accused of sexual abuse or improper relationships with students — received subpoena power earlier this year, and they ...
  

• Wilson County teacher to appeal suspension for pranks - The Tennessean

  14-12-2015 23:32 via
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  Wilson County teacher to appeal suspension for pranks
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  A Wilson County teacher serving an unpaid suspension this semester for his role in several pranks at Tuckers Crossroads Elementary will have an appeal hearing next week. Matthew Mock, a tenured teacher, was initially fired by the board for his ...
  

• Yorktown school band teacher arrested on child pornography charges dies in ... - News 12 Westchester

  14-12-2015 23:17 via
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  Yorktown school band teacher arrested on child pornography charges dies in ...
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  State police say Jeffrey Whalen, of Yorktown Heights, was found dead at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the Millbrook Trail on Saturday. (December 14, 2015 5:37 PM). A Yorktown school band teacher arrested on child pornography charges was killed in a ...
  Teacher charged with child porn killed in Ulster hiking accidentPoughkeepsie Journal
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• How Sandy Hook Changed One Teacher's Life - TIME

  14-12-2015 22:46 via
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  How Sandy Hook Changed One Teacher's Life
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  Sarah Begley is a culture and breaking news reporter for TIME. Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis opens up in her book, Choosing Hope. More. How to Turn Your Paper Books Into (Free) E-books and Audio BooksAuthor Says New Book Will Be the 'African Games of ...and more »
  

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• A Georgia Teacher Asked a Muslim Student If She Had a Bomb in Her Backpack - TeenVogue.com

  14-12-2015 22:27 via
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  A Georgia Teacher Asked a Muslim Student If She Had a Bomb in Her Backpack
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  Last Monday, an eighth grader from Georgia was casually asked by her classroom teacher if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack. Sadly, this incident is only one of many recent examples of Islamophobia directed at Muslim students in the United States.and more »
  

• Santa Rosa teacher dies after being hit by vehicle - KGBT-TV

  14-12-2015 21:48 via
  Santa Rosa teacher dies after being hit by vehicle
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  The Santa Rosa school district is offering counseling services for students and staff in need after a middle school math teacher was struck and killed by a vehicle in Weslaco. At about 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Weslaco police were dispatched to Highway 83 ...and more »
  

• Teacher Under Fire for Asking 13-Year-Old Muslim Girl If She Has a Backpack Bomb - Yahoo Parenting

  14-12-2015 19:50 via
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  Teacher Under Fire for Asking 13-Year-Old Muslim Girl If She Has a Backpack Bomb
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  Muslim eighth-grader Faiza Osman wears a hijab and a backpack. And the 13-year-old wasn't the only one to take serious offense when her teacher made a bigoted remark about the combination in front of a room full of fellow students. STORY: School's ...
  

• South Charleston teacher acts as 'Elf on a Shelf' - WHIO

  14-12-2015 19:13 via
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  South Charleston teacher acts as 'Elf on a Shelf'
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  A Miami View Elementary teacher is acting as an “Elf on a Shelf” at the South Charleston school this week. Josh Murray, a third grade teacher at the school, was sitting on the school's roof as students arrived Monday, according to school officials ...
  

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• Goodyear teacher gets probation for relationship with student - azcentral.com

  14-12-2015 18:12 via
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  Goodyear teacher gets probation for relationship with student
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  A jury sentenced a Goodyear teacher on Monday to 10 years supervised probation for an an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old student. Loading… Post to Facebook. Goodyear teacher gets probation for relationship with student A jury sentenced a ...
  Jared Blackstone update: Millennium High School teacher sentenced to probation ...ABC15 Arizonaall 14 news articles »
  

• French Teacher Lied About ISIS Stabbing, Prosecutors Say - New York Times

  14-12-2015 17:22 via
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  French Teacher Lied About ISIS Stabbing, Prosecutors Say
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  PARIS — The French authorities said on Monday that a teacher who claimed to have been stabbed with scissors and a box cutter at a preschool near Paris had fabricated the story. A police official in Aubervilliers confirmed that the teacher, who has not ...
  Paris Teacher Confesses to Lying About Islamist Knife AttackNewsweek
  French teacher admits inventing ISIL school 'attack'Aljazeera.com
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• Georgia Teacher Asks Muslim Student If She Has A Bomb In Her Backpack - TPM

  14-12-2015 16:35 via
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  Georgia Teacher Asks Muslim Student If She Has A Bomb In Her Backpack
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  A teacher in a Gwinnett County, Georgia middle school asked a Muslim eighth-grader if she had a bomb in her backpack last week in front of her entire classroom. The 13-year-old student at Shiloh Middle School is wearing the backpack in question in the ...
  Georgia Teacher Investigated After Asking Muslim Student If Backpack was BombMediaite
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• Professional non-development: Do teacher development programs work? - Brookings Institution (blog)

  14-12-2015 16:33 via
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  Professional non-development: Do teacher development programs work?
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  Do professional development programs for teachers actually develop better teachers? Should the large amount of money spent on teacher development be re-directed to better uses? “The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher ...
  

• NJ gym teacher suspended after arrest, district says - NJ.com

  14-12-2015 13:35 via
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  NJ gym teacher suspended after arrest, district says
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  WEST NEW YORK — A West New York physical education teacher was arrested and has been suspended with pay, according to a lawyer for the district. Lester Taylor, the lawyer for the West New York school board, confirmed that gym teacher Cesar Sabino ...
  

• Teacher Stabbed at School in Paris Suburb, Terror Police Investigating - ABC News

  14-12-2015 10:37 via
  Teacher Stabbed at School in Paris Suburb, Terror Police Investigating
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  A teacher was stabbed early this morning at a public elementary school in a suburb of Paris, and French antiterrorism police are now investigating the incident after the assailant reportedly cited the Islamic State group. Antiterrorism authorities are ...and more »
  

• Opinion: Tangled teacher certification process offers no assurance of teacher ... - MyAJC (blog)

  14-12-2015 03:27 via
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  Opinion: Tangled teacher certification process offers no assurance of teacher ...
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  Robert Maranto ([email protected]) is the 21st Century Chair in Leadership at the University of Arkansas, and was recently elected to school board in Fayetteville where his two children attend public schools. By Robert Maranto. Recently Birmingham made ...and more »
  

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