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• Convicted teacher gives up certificates - Cherry Hill Courier Post

  20-12-2015 23:42 via
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  Convicted teacher gives up certificates
  Cherry Hill Courier Post
  TRENTON - A former Pine Hill teacher has given up his credentials after pleading guilty to a criminal offense. Daniel S. Poussart, a drama teacher at Overbrook High School, was indicted in November 2014 on charges of having sex with a female student ...
  

• Brooklyn teacher's math program gets national attention - Norwich Bulletin

  20-12-2015 22:58 via
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  Brooklyn teacher's math program gets national attention
  Norwich Bulletin
  BROOKLYN — Cheers and whoops punctuate a recent math lesson in a fourth grade class at Brooklyn Elementary School. The excited students are using a program made especially for them by their teacher, Sean Maloney, to help them with their two-digit ...
  

• WATCH: High School Student Blows Smoke in Teacher's Face - FOX 29 News Philadelphia

  20-12-2015 22:11 via
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  WATCH: High School Student Blows Smoke in Teacher's Face
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  (FOX NEWS/WTXF)- A brazen act of disrespect was caught on camera when an Arkansas high school student blew smoke in his teacher's face. According to North Little Rock police, the teacher told the 18-year-old student that he would have to sit in the ...
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• Burris teacher leaves to be Winchester mayor - Muncie Star Press

  20-12-2015 22:07 via
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  Burris teacher leaves to be Winchester mayor
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  MUNCIE — During one of his last classes at Burris Laboratory School, Shon Byrum asked his students to share their favorite memory. "Air guitar of knowledge" and "Yak man" were a few of their answers, reflecting a semester's worth of inside jokes.
  

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• Docs: Teacher had sex with student - KRON4.com

  20-12-2015 19:36 via
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  Docs: Teacher had sex with student
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  AUSTIN (KRON) — A former Texas high school math teacher was arrested and charged Thursday morning with having inappropriate relationships with a couple of her students. Haeli Noelle Wey, 28, who was reportedly removed from the classroom on Oct.
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• BPSD announces Teacher of Year, Rising Star nominees - Examiner Enterprise

  20-12-2015 19:19 via
  BPSD announces Teacher of Year, Rising Star nominees
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  Nominees for the 2016 Bartlesville Public School District Teacher of the Year and Rising Star Teacher have been announced. The Teacher of the Year (TOY) Award is presented annually to a veteran teacher who has maintained a high level of excellence in ...
  

• Our opinion: Lesson in management after teacher 'time-out' - Tallahassee.com

  20-12-2015 15:36 via
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  Our opinion: Lesson in management after teacher 'time-out'
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  A bizarre situation unfolded recently at West Gadsden High School when Principal James Mills placed a teacher in what some are calling “time-out.” Mills removed veteran teacher Jonnie Clarke, 59, from her art classroom and placed her in a student desk ...
  

• Jayne: Legislators likely to give teacher raises a failing grade - The Columbian

  20-12-2015 15:03 via
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  Jayne: Legislators likely to give teacher raises a failing grade
  The Columbian
  Jay Inslee, it would seem, is fighting a losing battle in order to win the war. On Thursday, the governor unveiled the proposed supplemental budget he will present to next year's Legislature. The headline grabber: Inslee wants to increase the state's ...
  

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• Substitute teacher fill rates rise in Ann Arbor with increase in pay - MLive.com

  20-12-2015 11:42 via
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  Substitute teacher fill rates rise in Ann Arbor with increase in pay
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  Substitute teacher Renee Carter quiets down her kindergarten class before lunch during National African American Parent Involvement Day at Bryant Elementary School on Feb. 9, 2015. Schools in Ann Arbor and across the nation are having a tough time ...and more »
  

• Facebook 'Selfie' Provokes Debate On Online Civility, Teacher Diversity - Hartford Courant

  20-12-2015 11:04 via
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  Facebook 'Selfie' Provokes Debate On Online Civility, Teacher Diversity
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  Hartford teacher Heather Zottolla, left, took a Facebook post by Shelley Best, right, personally, saying it insinuated "that because I'm white, I can't teach children in Hartford." Hartford teacher Heather Zottolla, left, took a Facebook post by ...
  

• Teacher training is focus of new bills in Lansing - Detroit Free Press

  20-12-2015 05:08 via
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  Teacher training is focus of new bills in Lansing
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  LANSING -- Education policy jumped to the forefront of a slew of new bills introduced at the state Capitol last week. A trio of bills would require professional development training for teachers, mentors for new teachers and penalties for teachers who ...
  

• Cuomo throws in the towel on teacher quality - New York Post

  20-12-2015 03:22 via
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  Cuomo throws in the towel on teacher quality
  New York Post
  Gov. Cuomo once called himself the “students' lobbyist.” Now he's got a new message: Sorry, kids — maybe someday. On Tuesday, the Board of Regents officially said amen to that. In a near-unanimous vote, the board took the recommendations of a Cuomo ...
  

• Bullitt Co. teacher charged after possessing meth - WHAS 11.com (subscription)

  20-12-2015 01:24 via
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  Bullitt Co. teacher charged after possessing meth
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  Students celebrated their last day of school Friday for winter break but it wasn't all fun and games for one Bullitt County teacher. Loading… Post to Facebook. Bullitt Co. teacher charged after possessing meth Students celebrated their last day of ...
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