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• Bills aimed at teacher hiring take a back seat to ISTEP, for now - Chalkbeat Indiana

  05-01-2016 23:35 via
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  Bills aimed at teacher hiring take a back seat to ISTEP, for now
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  As Gov. Mike Pence, state Superintendent Glenda Ritz and legislative leaders are rushing a bill to ease the pain of last year's ISTEP scores, another seemingly bipartisan education issue has, at least temporarily, moved to the sidelines. That's a bit ...and more »
  

• Holyoke High School teacher Anne Cullen killed in car crash - MassLive.com

  05-01-2016 23:12 via
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  Holyoke High School teacher Anne Cullen killed in car crash
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  Anne Cullen, on left, passed away this week following a car crash on Westfield Road. Cullen spent 30 years working as a special education teacher in Holyoke Public Schools. (Facebook). Print Email · Michelle Williams | [email protected] ...and more »
  

• Retired teacher gets to give one last lesson - Spartanburg Herald Journal

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  Retired teacher gets to give one last lesson
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  Juanita Gilbert, 69, is a resident of Brookdale Skylyn, a retirement community in Spartanburg. Tuesday morning, Gilbert, a retired teacher, was granted her wish of teaching one more lesson. She spent the morning with a third grade class at the ...
  

• Former Tampa Prep music teacher linked to sex abuse scandal at Rhode Island ... - Tampabay.com

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  Former Tampa Prep music teacher linked to sex abuse scandal at Rhode Island ...
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  Franklin Coleman, 74, of South Tampa was an organist and choral director at Tampa Preparatory School from 1997 to 2008. His is pictured here in his home in Tampa in 2007. [Times files]. TAMPA — A former Tampa Preparatory School music teacher has ...and more »
  

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• ESSA Loosens Reins on Teacher Evaluations, Qualifications - Education Week (subscription)

  05-01-2016 22:36 via
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  ESSA Loosens Reins on Teacher Evaluations, Qualifications
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  Kindergarten teacher Jamie Landahl guides her students in a read-aloud activity at Ruby Duncan Elementary School in Las Vegas. —Tiffany Brown Anderson/Redux for Education Week. By Stephen Sawchuk. Article Tools. Print Printer-Friendly; Email Article ...and more »
  

• Kaylene Orr: Coach, teacher, leader of children - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

  05-01-2016 22:05 via
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  Kaylene Orr: Coach, teacher, leader of children
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  Kaylene Orr may have completed associate's and bachelor's degrees, but that doesn't mean she has stopped learning -- or teaching, for that matter. Kaylene Orr. Kaylene Orr. Age: 37. Occupation: Special education para-educator with Waterloo Community ...
  

• When a Teacher's Email About My Son's Food Allergies Made Me Cry - Huffington Post

  05-01-2016 21:27 via
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  When a Teacher's Email About My Son's Food Allergies Made Me Cry
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  By Shannon Miskimen. My son Cayden is 5 and in kindergarten. He's no stranger to class parties at the holidays, as he's been in daycare and preschool since he was 2 and a half. He's also no stranger to being excluded from these parties and from nearly ...
  

• Lasting lessons: Teacher's devotion and teddy bear still valued 20 years later - MyAJC (blog)

  05-01-2016 21:26 via
  Lasting lessons: Teacher's devotion and teddy bear still valued 20 years later
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  I read a lot of education-related essays submitted to the AJC. Few make me tear up. This one by local first grade teacher Linda Ramsey did. Enjoy and share. Ramsey directed her column at Georgia policymakers but it's worth everyone's time. By Linda ...
  Test score or teddy bear: Which is a better measure of teacher?Atlanta Journal Constitutionall 2 news articles »
  

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• Berkeley school teacher shot in the face in Richmond - Berkeleyside

  05-01-2016 21:07 via
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  Berkeley school teacher shot in the face in Richmond
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  The car of the school teacher who was shot Saturday in Richmond. Photo: Rodney Alamo Brown. A 52-year-old elementary school teacher who was injured by a stray bullet in Richmond on Jan. 2 remains in the hospital in critical condition, according to police.
  Berkeley elementary school teacher in critical after being shot while driving ...abc7news.com
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• Former North band teacher pleads not guilty to sexual exploitation - Sioux City Journal

  05-01-2016 21:00 via
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  Former North band teacher pleads not guilty to sexual exploitation
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  To those not versed in the law, a case involving an adult school worker who has or proposes to have sex with a student would seem pretty clear. Read more · Drill at dawn: North High marching band rises early to prep for StarFest. Members of the North ...
  

• Teacher who inspired 'Stand and Deliver' honored with stamp - Chicago Sun-Times

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  Teacher who inspired 'Stand and Deliver' honored with stamp
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  Actor Edward James Olmos (left) compares notes with high school teacher Jaime Escalante during the filming of the Warner Bros. film "Stand And Deliver," in Los Angeles. | AP Photo/Warner Bros., File ...and more »
  

• Cass Tech High closed due to teacher sick-out - WXYZ

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  Cass Tech High closed due to teacher sick-out
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  DETROIT (WXYZ) - Cass Tech High in Detroit is closed this morning due to a teacher sick-out. In December, a number of Detroit Public Schools shut down for a day after a number of teachers called in sick. 7 Action News was there Tuesday morning as ...
  Cass Tech closes for teacher sick-out, organizer saysDetroit Free Press
  Teacher sick-out shuts down Detroit's Cass Tech High SchoolWDIV Detroit
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• Teen sentenced in attack on teacher - KARE

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  Teen sentenced in attack on teacher
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  A St. Paul teen has been sentenced to three months of house arrest for an in-school attack that left a teacher hospitalized. Loading… Post to Facebook. Teen sentenced in attack on teacher A St. Paul teen has been sentenced to three months of house ...
  St. Paul teen gets probation, monitoring for attack on teacher at Central HighMinneapolis Star Tribune
  St. Paul Central principal to judge on teacher attack: Please send a messageTwinCities.com-
  

• Wyoming teacher wins Excellence in Education award - Fox17

  05-01-2016 19:37 via
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  Wyoming teacher wins Excellence in Education award
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  LANSING, Mich. – A Wyoming educator known for inspiring students to succeed and her willingness to work with them after school and on weekends to help them thrive has been honored with an Excellence in Education award from the Michigan Lottery.
  

• Funding, teacher shortage impact state education - Examiner Enterprise

  05-01-2016 19:06 via
  Funding, teacher shortage impact state education
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  With the current state of the economy in Oklahoma, the State Department of Education is looking at two big problems that have been festering — falling revenue and an ongoing teacher shortage. Revenue failure. In December, Preston Doerflinger, Oklahoma ...and more »
  

• Administrative judge rejects attempt to revoke teacher's certification - Ocala

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  An administrative law judge has cleared former Maplewood Elementary School teacher Tracey Newton, dismissing the state Department of Education's attempt to revoke her teaching certification. Newton initially was fired in November 2013 by the Marion ...
  

• Parents can't sue prep school over alleged teacher-student relationship, judge ... - NJ.com

  05-01-2016 18:27 via
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  Parents can't sue prep school over alleged teacher-student relationship, judge ...
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  NEWARK — The parents of a former private school student who had an alleged sexual relationship with her teacher cannot sue the school for damages, a state superior court judge has ruled. In a summary decision released on Dec. 22, Essex County ...and more »
  

• Teacher Sexually Abused Teenage Boy After Inviting Him & His Mom Over For ... - PerezHilton.com

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  Gross! A 44-year-old teacher from Naperville, Illinois appeared in court on Sunday for allegedly sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy. According to reports, Christine Taylor (no, not Ben Stiller's wife) invited the teenager — and his mother — over to ...
  Mom reportedly caught her son being sexually abused by an Illinois teacherWQAD.com
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• Is a Lack of Teacher Diversity Related to Higher Suspen... - Education World

  05-01-2016 18:12 via
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  A new paper from researchers Stephen B. Holt and Seth Gershenson titled The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions suggests that student-teacher racial and demographic mismatch can be correlated to ...
  

• St. Paul teen gets house arrest for attack on teacher at Central High - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  05-01-2016 18:10 via
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  St. Paul teen gets house arrest for attack on teacher at Central High
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  A 16-year-old St. Paul boy was sentenced Tuesday morning to 90 days of intensive supervised probation and electronic home monitoring for attacking a teacher last month, leaving the man with a concussion and St. Paul Public Schools facing serious ...
  Teen sentenced in attack on teacherKARE
  Probation for St. Paul Central student who slammed, choked teacherTwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
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• St. Paul teen gets 90 days' house arrest for attack on teacher at Central High - Minneapolis Star Tribune

  05-01-2016 18:10 via
  St. Paul teen gets 90 days' house arrest for attack on teacher at Central High
  Minneapolis Star Tribune
  The Central High School teacher, who suffered a concussion, has alleged that the school district created an unsafe environment. By Chao Xiong Star Tribune. January 5, 2016 — 12:24pm. Text size. share · tweet · email. Print. more. Share on: Share on ...
  

• Arizona Teacher Gets $3 Million Settlement After Being Raped in State Prison - TIME

  05-01-2016 17:56 via
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  Arizona Teacher Gets $3 Million Settlement After Being Raped in State Prison
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  Arizona will pay a $3 million settlement to a prison teacher after she was beaten and raped while left unsupervised with a convicted sex offender at state prison. The teacher filed a lawsuit for $4 million in 2014. She claimed the state engaged in ...
  Records: State pays $3 million to teacher raped in Arizona prisonazcentral.com
  Arizona Prison Teacher Raped by Sex Offender Gets $3 MillionABC News
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• Atlanta teacher's slick dance routine with his students goes viral - CNN

  05-01-2016 17:28 via
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  Atlanta teacher's slick dance routine with his students goes viral
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  (CNN) "Bet you can't do it like" Ron Clark. The Atlanta educator is getting a lot of attention after posting a video of himself and a few of his students dancing to hip-hop artist DLOW's "Bet You Can't Do It Like Me Challenge." The viral video shows ...
  Teacher dances with students at Georgia middle school in viral videoActionNewsJax.com
  Teacher's Amazing Dance Moves With Students at Harry Potter SchoolYahoo Parenting
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• Teacher Who Inspired 'Stand and Deliver' Honored With Stamp - ABC News

  05-01-2016 17:22 via
  Teacher Who Inspired 'Stand and Deliver' Honored With Stamp
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  The U.S. Postal Service has issued a stamp in honor of the late California calculus teacher Jaime Escalante, whose story about pushing underachieving students to succeed was chronicled in the 1988 hit movie "Stand and Deliver." The Sacramento Bee ...and more »
  

• Atlanta teacher dances "Nae Nae" with students - WPVI-TV

  05-01-2016 17:03 via
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  Atlanta teacher dances "Nae Nae" with students
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  An Atlanta educator is getting a lot of praise, not for his teaching, but for his dance moves. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" src="http://6abc.com/video/embed/?pid=1146823" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>. WPVI. Tuesday, January 05 ...
  Teacher dances with students at Georgia middle school in viral videoActionNewsJax.com
  Teacher's Amazing Dance Moves With Students at Harry Potter SchoolYahoo Parent
  

• Handful of states still exclude student achievement from teacher, principal evals - Education Dive

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  Handful of states still exclude student achievement from teacher, principal evals
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  An October report by the National Council on Teacher Quality called “State of the States 2015: Evaluating Teaching, Leading and Learning” shows that the majority of states are having trouble with requirements that they utilize student growth and ...and more »
  

• Former high school teacher admits to sexting students, report says - NJ.com

  05-01-2016 15:37 via
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  Former high school teacher admits to sexting students, report says
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  FREEHOLD - A former Monmouth Regional High School teacher reportedly admitted in court to sending inappropriate text messages to students and/or having sexual physical contact with them. Nicholas DePue, 29, of Whispering Oaks Way in Jackson, was ...
  Fired Monmouth Regional teacher admits sexting to teensAsbury Park Press
  NJ teacher admits inappropriate relationships with 2 studentsNorthJersey.com
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• Cass Tech closes for teacher sick-out, organizer says - Detroit Free Press

  05-01-2016 14:48 via
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  Cass Tech closes for teacher sick-out, organizer says
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  Cass Tech High School is closed today because of a teacher sick-out, according to a former teachers' union head who said he organized it. Steve Conn said teachers are upset about health care cuts, the governor's efforts to overhaul education in Detroit ...
  Teacher sick-out shuts down Detroit's Cass Tech High SchoolWDIV Detroit
  Cass Tech High closed due to teacher sick-outWXYZ
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• Teacher pay an issue in Baltimore's suburbs - Baltimore Sun

  05-01-2016 14:45 via
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  Teacher pay an issue in Baltimore's suburbs
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  Teacher pay is an issue this year in at least three Baltimore-area suburban school systems as superintendents and union leaders prepare to seek salary increases. Carroll County teachers have expressed their frustrations over pay by leaving school ...and more »
  

• More than 200 ND teacher positions still unfilled after 'community experts ... - INFORUM

  05-01-2016 14:09 via
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  More than 200 ND teacher positions still unfilled after 'community experts ...
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  BISMARCK — Halfway through the school year, more than 200 teaching jobs remain vacant in North Dakota's public schools after a "community experts" pilot program aimed at easing the state's teacher shortage failed to fill a single slot. Advertisement.
  North Dakota teacher shortage worsens; 204 openings unfilledSan Francisco Chronicleall 19 news articles »
  

• Teacher dances with students at Georgia middle school in viral video - ActionNewsJax.com

  05-01-2016 14:02 via
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  Teacher dances with students at Georgia middle school in viral video
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  A video of a teacher dancing with his students has gone viral. It may look like fun and games, but it's actually a method to Principal Ron Clark's madness. Sponsored Links. GEORGIA —. A video of a teacher dancing with his students has gone viral. It ...
  Teacher's Amazing Dance Moves With Students at Harry Potter SchoolYahoo Parenting
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• Sal Khan On Learning, Coding And Why Virtual Ed Is Not Enough

  05-01-2016 13:06 via npr.org
  
  The education nonprofit that pioneered free, online tutoring and lectures is venturing into brick-and-mortar private schools. Is this the start of a two-tier Khan Academy?
  
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• Indiana Teacher of the Year visits Decatur County teachers - Greensburg Daily News

  05-01-2016 13:06 via
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  Indiana Teacher of the Year visits Decatur County teachers
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  Photos by James Howell Jr. | Daily NewsThe educators join together in song at the closing of the program by Nimmer. Indiana Teacher of the Year visits Decatur County teachers. James Howell Jr. | Daily NewsKathy Nimmer stands in front of the audience of ...
  

• 'A Bit Of A Montessori 2.0': Khan Academy Opens A Lab School

  05-01-2016 13:06 via npr.org
  
  The education nonprofit that pioneered free, online tutoring and lectures is venturing into brick-and-mortar private schools. Is this the start of a two-tier Khan Academy?
  
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• Florida teacher busted after allegedly having sex with teen more than two ... - New York Daily News

  05-01-2016 12:50 via
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  Florida teacher busted after allegedly having sex with teen more than two ...
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  A pervy Florida substitute teacher had sex with her child's friend more than two dozen times, police said. St. Cloud cops busted Sara Moore, 35, after concerned parents found condoms and dirty Instagram messages from their 14-year-old son, according to ...
  Police: Fla. substitute teacher had sex with 14-year-old boyCBS News
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• 'Trojan Horse' Head Teacher Banned From Profession For Five Years - Breitbart News

  05-01-2016 12:27 via
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  'Trojan Horse' Head Teacher Banned From Profession For Five Years
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  A former head teacher at one of the so-called Trojan Horse schools has become the first teacher in the UK to be banned from the profession for exerting an “undue amount of religious influence” on his pupils. The Department for Education revealed the ...
  Trojan head teacher is banned from teachingTelegraph.co.ukall 24 news articles »
  

• Big History Challenges Conventional History, Critics Raise Questions

  05-01-2016 11:22 via npr.org
  While most history courses start with the beginning of human civilization, roughly 10,000 years ago, Big History starts with the Big Bang. Humans don't get mentioned until halfway into the course.
  
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• Berkeley elementary school teacher in critical after being shot while driving ... - abc7news.com

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  A Berkeley elementary teacher remains hospitalized in critical condition after she was caught in a shootout near 22nd Street and Cutting Boulevard in Richmond Saturday night. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="270" ...
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• Ex-teacher claims Oklahoma City district fired her over discipline complaints ... - NewsOK.com

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  A former teacher is suing Oklahoma City Public Schools, claiming she was fired in retaliation for complaining about racial disparities in student discipline. Katherine Richter filed the complaint Dec. 29 in Oklahoma County District Court. Richter, a ...
  

• Lewisville ISD teacher facing federal pornography charges - Dallas Morning News (blog)

  05-01-2016 04:46 via
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  Lewisville ISD teacher facing federal pornography charges
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  A Lewisville ISD math teacher is facing federal pornography charges following a police investigation, Carrollton police said. Larry Eugene Hardin, 61, was arrested at his Carrollton home on Dec. 23 and is now in federal custody, police said. He has ...
  Lewisville ISD High School Teacher ArrestedCBS Localall 5 news articles »
  

• Wilson County teacher's suspension for pranks upheld - The Tennessean

  05-01-2016 03:43 via
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  Wilson County teacher's suspension for pranks upheld
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  A Wilson County teacher's unpaid suspension last semester for his role in several alleged pranks at Tuckers Crossroads Elementary in 2015 was upheld by the school board Monday in a 3-2 vote. Matthew Mock's appeal was heard in December, but the board ...
  

• Smiths teacher accused of sending inappropriate materials still on leave - Opelika Auburn News

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  Smiths teacher accused of sending inappropriate materials still on leave
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  The Lee County School Board is continuing to investigate allegations of a Smiths Station High School teacher sending inappropriate materials to a 17-year-old student. The teacher has been on administrative leave with pay since classes adjourned for ...and more »
  

• Records: State pays $3 million to teacher raped in Arizona prison - azcentral.com

  05-01-2016 01:31 via
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  Records: State pays $3 million to teacher raped in Arizona prison
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  The state paid $3 million to settle a lawsuit froma former Arizona Department of Corrections teacher who was raped and beaten by an inmate two years ago, records obtained Monday by The Arizona Republic show. The settlement is $1 million less than what ...
  Arizona Teacher Gets $3 Million Settlement After Being Raped in State PrisonTIME
  Arizona Prison Teacher Raped by Sex Offender Gets $3 MillionABC
  

• Former high school teacher accused of sexual assault could get out of jail - WISN Milwaukee

  05-01-2016 01:28 via
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  Former high school teacher accused of sexual assault could get out of jail
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  SOON BE OUT OF JAIL. NICK: THE FORMER READING A MOM WITH NO PRIOR CRIMINAL RECORD. THE 30-YEAR-OLD HAS REMAINED IN WEEKS AGO. SHE RESIGNED HER JOB AT EARLIER. A FELLOW TEACHER REPORTED SEEING HER AND ...
  Former Menomonee Falls HS teacher pleads not guilty to sex assault chargesWTMJ-TV (press release) (registration) (blog)all 11 news articles »
  

• Ask the Teacher: New school can assist with enrollment transition - OCRegister

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  Ask the Teacher: New school can assist with enrollment transition
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  Q. We just bought a home, and the escrow papers close on New Year's Eve. It happened suddenly with an all-cash acceptance, but I did not enroll my children in the new school before the break. Do you know if I can have them start at a public school when ...
  

• Profile: Retired C.R. Kennedy journalism teacher coaches other teachers - The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines

  05-01-2016 01:22 via
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  Profile: Retired C.R. Kennedy journalism teacher coaches other teachers
  The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
  Andy Abeyta/The Gazette Harmony Hawks member Gary Lindsay sings “An Irish Blessing” with fellow members to close the naturalization ceremony Dec. 17 at the Federal Courthouse in Cedar Rapids. A retired journalism teacher, Lindsay is marketing vice ...
  

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