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• Senate leader wants to raise teacher pay, with conditions - Houston Chronicle

  25-12-2015 22:22 via
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  Senate leader wants to raise teacher pay, with conditions
  Houston Chronicle
  The Republican leader of the state Senate says he will push legislation to raise Alabama teacher pay to the highest in the Southeast, but such raises could come with changes to tenure and using student test scores to evaluate teacher performance.
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• Boardman High English teacher named Creative Classroom winner - WKBN.com

  25-12-2015 19:57 via
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  Boardman High English teacher named Creative Classroom winner
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  BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – Boardman High School English Teacher Elisabeth Miller wants to instill a love of reading in all of her students. She applied for WKBN's Caring for Our Community – Creative Classroom contest in order to win $500 for her ...and more »
  

• Testing and teacher evaluations - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  25-12-2015 18:08 via
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  Testing and teacher evaluations
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  Gov. Andrew Cuomo started this year with ambitious plans to transform the state's educational system. Revamping the teacher evaluation system was one of his key priorities. The governor and the Legislature approved an evaluation system in which 50 ...
  

• Eight education predictions (and some wishful thinking) for 2016 — a teacher ... - Washington Post

  25-12-2015 17:20 via
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  Eight education predictions (and some wishful thinking) for 2016 — a teacher ...
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  Here is veteran teacher Larry Ferlazzo's annual list of education predictions for the coming year. Ferlazzo teaches English and Social Studies at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He has written eight books on education, writes a ...and more »
  

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• Texas Senate launches investigation as teacher-student inappropriate ... - Daily Mail

  25-12-2015 16:52 via
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  Texas Senate launches investigation as teacher-student inappropriate ...
  Daily Mail
  ... asked to review 188 cases of suspected teacher misconduct; Of the 188 cases, the TEA has cleared 19 teachers of wrongdoing; Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas Senate Committee on Education committee this month to review training of school employees ...
  

• Taekwondo Teacher Arrested for Knocking Out a 5-Year-Old - TIME

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  Taekwondo Teacher Arrested for Knocking Out a 5-Year-Old
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  A martial arts instructor has been charged with felony child abuse for allegedly knocking out a 5-year-old boy, according to police in Virginia. Prince William police said Justin Branick, 21, was a taekwondo teacher at the Tiger Martial Arts Academy in ...
  Virginia martial arts teacher charged with child abuse after student, 5 ...New York Daily News
  Police say martial arts teacher arrested after knocking out 5-year-old studentFo
  

• Alabama Senate leader wants to raise teacher pay, with conditions - WKRG

  25-12-2015 16:18 via
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  Alabama Senate leader wants to raise teacher pay, with conditions
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  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Republican leader of the Alabama Senate wants to push a bill to boost teacher pay to the highest in the Southeast, but those raises could come with some changes for teachers. Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh says he ...and more »
  

• Gear named Teacher of the Year - Valdosta Daily Times

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  Gear named Teacher of the Year
  Valdosta Daily Times
  Being a good teacher is no easy task. It takes time, patience and devotion to students. For the 2016 Lowndes High School Teacher of the Year, Treva Gear, she considers it the least she can do for her students. Gear is a devoted and passionate pre ...
  

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• Portland teacher with ALS gets help from Rooster - KOIN.com

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  Portland teacher with ALS gets help from Rooster
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  Rooster volunteers help pay it forward by helping prepare meals for Rachel Doboga at her Portland apartment, Dec. 18, 2015 (KOIN). PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — In downtown Portland, laughter fills Rachel Doboga's small apartment. So does the smell of ...
  

• Rutgers professor writes book with teacher who saved a classroom - MyCentralJersey.com

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  Rutgers professor writes book with teacher who saved a classroom
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  Robin Gaby Fisher (left), a Somerville resident and director of the Journalism and Media Studies Program at Rutgers University-Newark, and Kaitlin Roig-DeBellis co-authored 'Choosing Hope: Moving Forward from Life's Darkest Hours.' (Photo: ~Rutgers ...
  

• Former teacher trades classroom for studio - BlueRidgeNow.com

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  Former teacher trades classroom for studio
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  Standing in her knitting studio, Vara Cooper, owner of Lucky Fiber Designs, shows off her handmade sweater. Lauren Stepp/For the Times-News. By Lauren Stepp Times-News correspondent. Published: Friday, December 25, 2015 at 4:30 a.m.. Last Modified: ...and more »
  

• EXCHANGE: Teacher leaves school to become Winchester mayor - San Francisco Chronicle

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  MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — 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 ...and more »
  

• Twin Falls Science Teacher Gets Regional Honors - Twin Falls Times-News

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  Twin Falls Science Teacher Gets Regional Honors
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  Robert Stuart Middle School's Kirsten Stewart, in her classroom on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Twin Falls. 2015-12-25T02:00:00Z Twin Falls Science Teacher Gets Regional HonorsBy JULIE WOOTTON [email protected] Twin Falls Times-News.
  

• Close to Home: A teacher's plea for more accountability - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

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  Close to Home: A teacher's plea for more accountability
  Santa Rosa Press Democrat
  The San Francisco Giants just picked up Johnny Cueto in a deal worth $130 million. This got me dreaming about how an article might read if the professional expectations of teachers were similar to those of major league stars. In my dream, the ...
  

• One of Minnesota's top teachers: MSA science teacher Cheri Howe - Woodbury Bulletin

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  One of Minnesota's top teachers: MSA science teacher Cheri Howe
  Woodbury Bulletin
  Becoming a teacher wasn't the initial plan for Math and Science Academy science teacher Cheri Howe, but it eventually became the ideal plan. Advertisement. “I had a degree in natural resources and environmental studies and I was going to go into soil ...
  

• Is My Teacher Responsible for My Confiscated IPod? - Chabad.org

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  Is My Teacher Responsible for My Confiscated IPod?
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  Rabbi, I admit, I probably had it coming when my teacher finally confiscated my iPod, which I was playing a tad too loudly in the middle of class. She was supposed to return it to me after two weeks, but now she says she can't find it. My question is ...
  

• Fayetteville teacher's gift to her students touches hearts - WTVD-TV

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  Fayetteville teacher's gift to her students touches hearts
  WTVD-TV
  This time of year, mailboxes are full of holiday cards with warm messages and hope heading into the new year. But it's the words a Fayetteville teacher took the time to write that have really touched her students and their families. An English teacher ...
  

• Students accompany teacher battling cancer at Star Wars showing - LocalNews8.com

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  Students accompany teacher battling cancer at Star Wars showing
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  A South Fremont High School teacher battling pancreatic cancer checks off an item from his bucket list- seeing Star Wars The Force Awakens. A lot of us have that one teacher that forever leaves and imprint on our hearts. "He's just always been there ...and more »
  

• Deputy disciplined after sexual escapade with teacher - Naples Daily News

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  Deputy disciplined after sexual escapade with teacher
  Naples Daily News
  A sheriff's deputy who worked in a Collier County middle school was reassigned and given a final warning after he was caught engaging in sexual activity with a teacher in his school office, according to a disciplinary report. A cleaning lady at North ...
  

• Wisconsin student punches teacher after dating remark - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

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  Wisconsin student punches teacher after dating remark
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  GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay high school student is facing a felony charge after he allegedly punched a teacher after the teacher told him he would date him. Press-Gazette Media reports (http://gbpg.net/1mC7IjC ) prosecutors filed a felony ...
  Student punches teacher after dating remarkChannel3000.com - WISC-TV3
  Quip about dating student ends in teacher getting punchedMilwaukee Journal Sen
  

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