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• Detroit Public School Teachers Turn To 'Sickouts' In Protest

  14-01-2016 22:24 via npr.org
  
  They're angry about everything from overcrowding and hazardous buildings to looming bankruptcy. But teacher strikes are illegal in Michigan, and opponents say the actions hurt students and parents.
  
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• Adding 'Beauty And Joy' To Obama's Push For Computer Science Teaching

  14-01-2016 22:00 via npr.org
  
  Fewer than 10 percent of America's high schools offer computer science classes. Educators say just adding courses isn't enough — it will take teachers who inspire.
  
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• Dieruff student guilty of assaulting teacher during bleacher incident at pep rally - Allentown Morning Call

  14-01-2016 21:33 via
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  Dieruff student guilty of assaulting teacher during bleacher incident at pep rally
  Allentown Morning Call
  ALLENTOWN – As the pep rally reached a crescendo and dismissal time loomed, the throng of teens on the bleachers behind Dieruff High School teacher Mary Alice Matzo surged forward, eager to reach the gym floor. Matzo, a 10th grade English and special ...
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• Former Plum teacher has bond revoked - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

  14-01-2016 21:06 via
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  Former Plum teacher has bond revoked
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  A former Plum teacher facing charges of institutional sexual assault had his bond revoked this afternoon after a witness testified that Jason Cooper drove past his alleged victim's home on Dec. 23, violating the conditions of his release. Common Pleas ...
  Judge revokes ex-Plum High School teacher's bondTribune-Reviewall 5 news articles »
  

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• Santa Rosa names its Teacher of the Year - Pensacola News Journal

  14-01-2016 20:55 via
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  Santa Rosa names its Teacher of the Year
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  Santa Rosa County School District named Gulf Breeze High School math teacher Stephanie Duffy as its Teacher of the Year. The Santa Rosa Education Foundation Teacher Selection Committee chose Duffy for the award. Duffy is a Texas State University ...
  

• Day care teacher guilty of running 'baby fight club' - SFGate

  14-01-2016 20:47 via
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  Day care teacher guilty of running 'baby fight club'
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  MANASSAS, Va. — A Virginia day care teacher who turned her classroom into what a prosecutor called a "baby fight club" has been convicted on more than a dozen criminal charges. A Prince William County judge Wednesday convicted 31-year-old Sarah ...
  Virginia daycare teacher convicted in "baby fight club"CBS News
  Day care teacher faces decades-long prison sentence after 'baby fight club ...RTall 114 news articles &
  

• Prosecutors: Lincoln Park High School teacher had sex with boy, 15, he met online - Chicago Tribune

  14-01-2016 20:34 via
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  Prosecutors: Lincoln Park High School teacher had sex with boy, 15, he met online
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  Benjamin Zollo, a teacher at Lincoln Park High School, is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy he met on the Internet, according to prosecutors. Benjamin Zollo, a teacher at Lincoln Park High School, is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old ...
  CPS teacher charged with sexual abuse of juvenileWGN-TV
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• Teacher Spotlight: Jamie Andrews - Madison County Carrier

  14-01-2016 20:26 via
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  Teacher Spotlight: Jamie Andrews
  Madison County Carrier
  Jamie Andrews, a kindergarten teacher at Madison County Central School, works to incorporate the arts into her teaching methods. Andrews, a Madison local, didn't originally plan on teaching kindergarten; in fact, she wanted to be an art teacher. She ...
  

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• Audit finds serious backlogs at teacher licensing agency - Portland Tribune

  14-01-2016 20:17 via
  Audit finds serious backlogs at teacher licensing agency
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  Lawmakers ordered the Secretary of State to audit the Teachers Standards and Practices Commission after perennial problems at the agency. Salem – Mismanagement, outdated technology and staffing shortages at the state's teacher licensing agency have ...and more »
  

• Oregon teacher licenses: Audit finds long delays, poisonous relationships ... - OregonLive.com

  14-01-2016 20:10 via
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  Oregon teacher licenses: Audit finds long delays, poisonous relationships ...
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  More than 2,000 aspiring teachers flooded the Oregon Professional Educator Fair at the Oregon Convention Center in April 2014. The wait to get a teaching license in Oregon averaged four months in 2015, an audit says. (Betsy Hammond / The Oregonian).and more »
  

• Dieruff student found guilty of assaulting teacher at pep rally - Allentown Morning Call

  14-01-2016 19:58 via
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  Dieruff student found guilty of assaulting teacher at pep rally
  Allentown Morning Call
  A 16-year-old Dieruff High School student who was accused of pushing a teacher off the bleachers at a Nov. 16 pep rally was found guilty Thursday in Lehigh County Juvenile Court. Ashley Aponte of Allentown will be sentenced at a later date and could be ...
  Teacher shoved down bleachers recounts 'riotous' attacklehighvalleylive.comall 2 news articles »
  

• Teacher faces involuntary manslaughter charges after deadly Alps avalanche - CNN

  14-01-2016 19:42 via
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  Teacher faces involuntary manslaughter charges after deadly Alps avalanche
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  Paris (CNN) A schoolteacher who went with students onto a closed French Alps ski slope before an avalanche struck there and killed three people -- two of whom were students he was in charge of -- faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, a prosecutor ...
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• Teacher charged after disturbance at Illinois 'Star Wars' showing - KTRK-TV

  14-01-2016 19:05 via
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  Teacher charged after disturbance at Illinois 'Star Wars' showing
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  A suburban teacher is charged after a disturbance during a showing of "Star Wars" at a movie theater in Illinois. James Sokoloski, 30, is charged with disorderly conduct, resisting police and criminal trespass related to the incident, which occurred on ...
  

• Troy teacher accused of sexually abusing woman - Albany Times Union

  14-01-2016 18:51 via
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  Troy teacher accused of sexually abusing woman
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  COHOES — A 26-year-old Troy middle school teacher faces a felony charge after, police said, he was accused of having forcible sex with a with a woman. Christopher V. Carovillano of Ontario Street was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a felony ...
  Teacher at Troy school accused of sexually abusing, choking young womanNEWS10 ABCall 3 news articles »
  

• Ex-teacher who assaulted students gets jail - Detroit Free Press

  14-01-2016 18:32 via
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  Ex-teacher who assaulted students gets jail
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  A former Port Huron Schools teacher said she was in shock as she watched surveillance video of her behavior in the classroom — video that police say showed her dropping and kicking an early childhood special education student. “I lost my patience and ...
  Teacher sentenced in assault of special education students9&10 Newsall 12 news articles »
  

• Former Teacher Pleads Not Guilty in Student Sex Case - ABC News

  14-01-2016 17:53 via
  Former Teacher Pleads Not Guilty in Student Sex Case
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  A former Louisiana teacher embroiled in a 2014 sex scandal involving an underage student has entered a plea of not guilty through her lawyer. Multiple news outlets report that 33-year-old Shelley Dufresne, who taught at Destrehan High School, faces two ...and more »
  

• CPS teacher charged with sexual abuse of juvenile - WGN-TV

  14-01-2016 16:49 via
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  CPS teacher charged with sexual abuse of juvenile
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  CHICAGO — A CPS teacher accused of having sexual contact with a minor appears in bond court today. Benjamin Zollo is charged with one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Zolla is 32 and a teacher at Lincoln Park High School. In an email to ...
  Prosecutors: Lincoln Park High School teacher had sex with boy, 15, he met onlineChicago Tribune
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• Florida teacher accused of having sex with teen rearrested on suspicion of ... - New York Daily News

  14-01-2016 15:38 via
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  Florida teacher accused of having sex with teen rearrested on suspicion of ...
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  A Florida teacher accused of having sex with her child's friend has been rearrested on suspicion of tampering with evidence. Sara Moore, 35, is accused of sleeping with the 14-year-old boy more than two dozen times at her home in St. Cloud. Moore was ...
  Accused substitute teacher now charged with evidence tamperingWESH Orlando
  Florida teacher Sara Moore accused of having
  

• Teacher's union raises red flag on online certification - WTSP 10 News

  14-01-2016 13:27 via
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  Teacher's union raises red flag on online certification
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  Your child's next teacher may have zero classroom experience as online quick certification programs grow in popularity. (Photo: WTSP/ Sarah Hollenbeck). CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Your child's next teacher may have never ...
  

• This is Bad! Attack on Teacher Unions is an Assault on Students, Workers and ... - Huffington Post

  14-01-2016 13:23 via
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  This is Bad! Attack on Teacher Unions is an Assault on Students, Workers and ...
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  The New York Times headline said "Mandatory Union Fees Getting Hard Look by Supreme Court." The picture caption showed "Harlan Elrich, a high school mathematics teacher in California," who "is party to a lawsuit challenging mandatory union dues.
  Union voice or teacher choice? Friedrichs and a tale of two ralliesAmerican Enterprise Instituteall 93 news articles &raq
  

• Pretty Girls Make (Higher) Grades

  14-01-2016 13:00 via npr.org
  
  In a study of students at a Colorado university, attractiveness in women was linked to better grades. But, the difference disappeared for online classes.
  
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• Alps avalanche deaths: Police investigate teacher's role - BBC News

  14-01-2016 12:22 via
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  Alps avalanche deaths: Police investigate teacher's role
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  Investigators in the French Alps are examining why a teacher apparently took schoolchildren on to a closed ski run shortly before a deadly avalanche. Two French students and a Ukrainian tourist were killed in the disaster in Les Deux Alpes area on ...
  Alps Avalanche: Teacher in Police CustodyABC News
  French avalanche deaths: teacher to be questioned in manslaughter inquiryThe Guardian
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• Why being a teacher is so important to new Giants coach Ben McAdoo - NJ.com

  14-01-2016 11:59 via
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  Why being a teacher is so important to new Giants coach Ben McAdoo
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  The question was about Hakeem Nicks, but the answer ended up shedding far more light on Ben McAdoo. In McAdoo's past life as Giants offensive coordinator - he is set to be named the team's 18th head coach Thursday - he would meet with reporters once ...and more »
  

• To the Teacher Who Said My Son Would Never Read - Yahoo Parenting

  14-01-2016 11:11 via
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  To the Teacher Who Said My Son Would Never Read
  Yahoo Parenting
  You were cranky and tired and miserable. You were lonely and bitter. If you ever loved teaching, then that love had extinguished years ago. You were impatient, cold, smug and condescending. And I THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! You were the ...
  

• NJ Substitute Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Fondling 10-Year-Old Girl - NBC New York

  14-01-2016 08:03 via
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  NJ Substitute Teacher Arrested for Allegedly Fondling 10-Year-Old Girl
  NBC New York
  A 58-year-old substitute teacher was arrested in New Jersey after he allegedly fondled a 10-year-old girl. Police arrested Pedro Rodriguez on Tuesday following an investigation by the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office Special Victims Unit.
  Substitute teacher in Passaic accused of sexually assaulting girl, 10NorthJersey.com
  Substitute teacher accused of fondling 10-year-old girl at School No. 11 in
  

• 6th Grade Teacher Under Investigation for Allegedly Watching Porn in Class - Breitbart News

  14-01-2016 07:24 via
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  6th Grade Teacher Under Investigation for Allegedly Watching Porn in Class
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  A substitute teacher at a suburban Chicago middle school is under investigation for watching porn videos in the classroom, a report says. Chicago's ABC affiliate reports that a teacher at Haven Middle School in Evanston, a northern suburb of Chicago ...
  

• Band teacher accused of sending explicit messages to student - Sioux Falls Argus Leader

  14-01-2016 05:12 via
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  Band teacher accused of sending explicit messages to student
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  A Dell Rapids High School band teacher sent sexually explicit Facebook messages to a student last month, according to court documents. The student, 18, filed a protection order Jan. 11 against Brian Smith after receiving a series of inappropriate ...
  Dell Rapids student receives temporary protection order against teacherKSFYall 4 news articles »
  

• Detective testifies prostitute changed number after teacher killing - Chicago Tribune

  14-01-2016 03:46 via
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  Detective testifies prostitute changed number after teacher killing
  Chicago Tribune
  Alisha Walker is on trial for the murder of Brother Rice High School teacher Al Filan. Alisha Walker is on trial for the murder of Brother Rice High School teacher Al Filan. (Cook County sheriff's office). Mike NolanDaily Southtown. Alisha Walker ...
  More graphic testimony in case of murdered Brother Rice teacherChicago Sun-Timesall 8 news articles »
  

• Virginia daycare teacher convicted in "baby fight club" - CBS News

  14-01-2016 02:58 via
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  Virginia daycare teacher convicted in "baby fight club"
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  MANASSAS, Va. -- A Virginia daycare teacher who turned her classroom into what a prosecutor called a "baby fight club" was convicted Wednesday on more than a dozen criminal charges. Sarah Jordan, 31, of Woodbridge, was the lead teacher of ...
  Day care teacher convicted of cruelty in 'baby fight club'Fox Newsall 111 news articles »
  

• Some Detroit Schools Closed Again Due to Teacher Absences - ABC News

  14-01-2016 01:42 via
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  Some Detroit Schools Closed Again Due to Teacher Absences
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  Some Detroit schools were closed again Wednesday due to the absence of teachers, but it was the smallest number since a so-called sick-out gathered momentum this week over issues such as pay and the condition of buildings. Meanwhile, a state ...
  Teacher sickouts may complicate DPS bailoutThe Detroit Newsall 358 news articles »
  

• Teen admits to giving teacher laced brownies - Cincinnati.com

  14-01-2016 00:09 via
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  Teen admits to giving teacher laced brownies
  Cincinnati.com
  A former Springboro High School student admitted to bringing pot brownies to school last spring and giving one to an unknowing teacher. Edward Goschinski, 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday in Warren County Common Pleas Court to one count of possession ...and more »
  

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