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• Hearing set for fired South Burlington teacher - BurlingtonFreePress.com

  25-01-2016 23:29 via
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  Hearing set for fired South Burlington teacher
  BurlingtonFreePress.com
  An arbitrator is scheduled to decide whether a South Burlington teacher was wrongfully fired over an allegation of misconduct with a student. Jay Hoffman will face an arbitrator for the second time within a year. The exact date of the hearing has not ...
  

• High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation System Increased Student Achievement - U.S. News & World Report

  25-01-2016 23:26 via
  U.S. News & World Report
  High-Stakes Teacher Evaluation System Increased Student Achievement
  U.S. News & World Report
  A high school student asks her teacher question during her math class at Capital City Public Charter School on Oct. 16, 2015, in Washington, D.C.. By Lauren Camera Jan. 25, 2016, at 5:26 p.m. + More. Schools across the country, especially those in ...
  Sometimes, teacher turnover is a good thing, study findsWashington Postall 5 news articles »
  

• Judge Denies Request to Force End to Teacher Sick-Outs - ABC News

  25-01-2016 17:11 via
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  Judge Denies Request to Force End to Teacher Sick-Outs
  ABC News
  A judge denied a second attempt by the Detroit Public Schools on Monday to obtain a temporary restraining order against teacher sick-outs that have closed dozens of buildings this month and kept thousands of students home. State Court of Claims Judge ...
  'Illegal' teacher strikes common in Michigan long before Detroit Public Schools sick-outsMLive.com
  Detroit teacher: 'Why is separate and unequal okay in 2016?'Washin
  

• Why Introverted Teachers Are Burning Out - The Atlantic

  25-01-2016 13:30 via
  The Atlantic
  Why Introverted Teachers Are Burning Out
  The Atlantic
  Jayson Jones was my favorite person to call when I needed a substitute for my high-school English classes. Jayson was an aspiring teacher who was extremely popular with the students and related especially well with many of the at-risk kids. One day, I ...
  

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• Why Women Professors Get Lower Ratings

  25-01-2016 13:00 via npr.org
  
  Hint: it's not because they're worse teachers. A new study says evaluations are biased against female faculty.
  
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• Why Female Professors Get Lower Ratings

  25-01-2016 13:00 via npr.org
  
  Hint: It's not because they're worse teachers. A new study says evaluations are biased against female faculty.
  
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• Sometimes, teacher turnover is a good thing, study finds - Washington Post

  25-01-2016 06:06 via
  Washington Post
  Sometimes, teacher turnover is a good thing, study finds
  Washington Post
  Education experts have long viewed teacher turnover as a negative factor that erodes student achievement and contributes to an unstable school environment. But a new study of IMPACT — the controversial D.C. Public Schools teacher evaluation system ...
  

• Alexander waged 'bloody battle' over teacher pay - The Tennessean

  25-01-2016 06:04 via
  The Tennessean
  Alexander waged 'bloody battle' over teacher pay
  The Tennessean
  Keel Hunt's recent column “1980s teacher pay fight a model for Tennessee politics” reflects on the relationship of “an earlier Republican governor and what was then a Democratic supermajority in the state legislature.” I don't take issue with the ...
  

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• Students build tribute to gunned down Seattle teacher - KOMO News

  25-01-2016 02:54 via
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  Students build tribute to gunned down Seattle teacher
  KOMO News
  SEATTLE (KOMO) -- Students of a Seattle art teacher killed by gunfire are remembering the long-time artist and father. Brent McDonald died in December following a shooting in Belltown. Students spent Sunday inside the Coyote Center woodshop in the ...
  Students finish teacher's legacy project after his deathKING5.comall 11 news articles »
  

• 'Glass Matrix' weaves a tale of students and teacher - Mansfield News Journal

  25-01-2016 02:22 via
  Mansfield News Journal
  'Glass Matrix' weaves a tale of students and teacher
  Mansfield News Journal
  MANSFIELD - Looking around the gallery during the opening reception for "Glass Matrix, the Cleveland Connection," glass artist Brent Kee Young was delighted to see the wide array of expressions from a single medium. "If you look at the diversity in the ...
  

• Teacher visits zoo to earn master's degree - Kitsap Sun

  25-01-2016 02:07 via
  Teacher visits zoo to earn master's degree
  Kitsap Sun
  Goheen in December completed a two-year program through Miami University that included classes at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo, along with online coursework. Last summer, as part of her studies, Goheen traveled to Belize, to study conservation efforts ...
  

• A Beloved Bronx Teacher Retires After a Conflict With His Principal - New York Times

  25-01-2016 00:56 via
  New York Times
  A Beloved Bronx Teacher Retires After a Conflict With His Principal
  New York Times
  Tom Porton is used to drama: Since arriving at James Monroe High School as an English teacher 45 years ago, he has taught and staged plays. Outside, in the Bronx River neighborhood where the school is, there was plenty of drama in the 1980s, when ...
  

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