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• More Teachers Can't Afford To Live Where They Teach

  24-03-2016 10:01 via npr.org
  
  Rising rents, housing prices and living costs in the top real estate markets from Boston to San Francisco are putting the squeeze on teachers.
  
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• Teacher attacks spur zero tolerance bill - KARE

  24-03-2016 06:04
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  Teacher attacks spur zero tolerance bill
  KARE
  ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota lawmakers are aiming to improve school security, with a bill that calls for automatic expulsion of any student who attacks a teacher. The move follows a rash of high profile assaults in St. Paul high schools, in which ...
  

• Student in relationship with teacher testifies at his trial — VIDEO - Las Vegas Review-Journal

  24-03-2016 06:04
  Las Vegas Review-Journal
  Student in relationship with teacher testifies at his trial — VIDEO
  Las Vegas Review-Journal
  Prosecutor Stacy Kollins questions the student who said she was involved in a sexual relationship with her teacher, Jason Lofthouse, during his trial at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday, March 23, 2016. The former Rancho High ...
  Teen involved with former Rancho teacher give details of their relationshipNews3LV
  Teen girl says sex with teacher was conse
  

• Erie's Goodwin named FACS teacher of the year - Parsons Sun

  24-03-2016 05:23
  Parsons Sun
  Erie's Goodwin named FACS teacher of the year
  Parsons Sun
  Erie High School junior Brandy Harmon listens as Family and Consumer Science (FACS) teacher Jillian Goodwin offers her advice on corrections she should make to her project portfolio to be submitted during the State Family Career and Community Leaders ...and more »
  

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• Scholarship surprise for one Mountain View teacher, coach - Fredericksburg.com

  24-03-2016 05:03
  Fredericksburg.com
  Scholarship surprise for one Mountain View teacher, coach
  Fredericksburg.com
  Seth Thompson, Mountain View High School physics teacher, reacts as Crossroads Elementary teacher Mary Hansen unveils her news. Buy this photo · Going to bat—for a peer. PETER CIHELKA/THE FREE LANCE–STAR ...
  

• Volunteer teacher charged with sexually abusing 10-year-old girl at Tooele school - Deseret News

  24-03-2016 05:01
  Deseret News
  Volunteer teacher charged with sexually abusing 10-year-old girl at Tooele school
  Deseret News
  A Tooele man sexually abused a 10-year-old girl at West Elementary School while serving as a volunteer teacher there, criminal charges filed Wednesday allege. TOOELE — A Tooele man sexually abused a 10-year-old girl at West Elementary School while ...and more »
  

• Plant High special ed instructor is Hillsborough Teacher of the Year - Tampabay.com

  24-03-2016 03:24
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  Plant High special ed instructor is Hillsborough Teacher of the Year
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  71-year-old Robert Valdez is mentally ill; is there a better place for him than prison? Top News. Hudson teen Shalyah Fearing wows judges on 'The Voice'. Special topics. A-Z TOPIC INDEX · All Eyes photo blog · Social media · Worst Charities ...and more »
  

• Former Virginia teacher accused of letting kids light up in class - WKRN.com

  24-03-2016 03:12
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  Former Virginia teacher accused of letting kids light up in class
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  GLEN ALLEN, Va. (WRIC) — A former Virginia teacher is in trouble with the law for allegedly letting students get stoned in class. Police say 23-year-old Domonic Leuzzi was doing more than just teaching shop class. They claim he was enabling students ...
  Former Henrico teacher arrested for letting students smoke weed in classwtvr.comall 9 news articles »
  

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• Oklahoma schools slash teacher spots, brace for more cuts - KSL.com

  24-03-2016 02:57
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  Oklahoma schools slash teacher spots, brace for more cuts
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  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's largest school district said Wednesday it will slash its teaching workforce while facing what it calls a "catastrophic budget crisis." Oklahoma City Public Schools will eliminate 208 teaching positions for the 2016-17 ...
  Oklahoma City Public Schools District announces teacher layoffsReutersall 29 news articles »
  

• CTU delegates approve April 1 teacher walkout - Chicago Tribune

  24-03-2016 02:44
  Chicago Tribune
  CTU delegates approve April 1 teacher walkout
  Chicago Tribune
  The Chicago Teachers Union's governing body gave its resounding approval Wednesday to a one-day walkout that would shut down the city's public schools April 1. "This house is ready and united," CTU President Karen Lewis said after the early evening ...
  Opinion: Good Friday teacher furloughs no solution at allChicago Sun-Timesall 64 news articles »
  

• Plant High special ed teacher named Hillsborough's best - TBO.com

  24-03-2016 02:35
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  Plant High special ed teacher named Hillsborough's best
  TBO.com
  A 29-year veteran of special-education classrooms, Mary Beth Radigan was named Hillsborough County's 2016 Teacher of the Year on Wednesday. TRIBUNE FILE PHOTO. BY GEOFF FOX Tribune staff. Published: March 23, 2016. Updated: March 23, 2016 ...
  

• Wake Forest school 'depressed' after teacher's death - WTVD-TV

  24-03-2016 01:09
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  Wake Forest school 'depressed' after teacher's death
  WTVD-TV
  Some Wake Forest High School students had to call their parents Wednesday to pick them up early after learning that teacher Michelle Simone Barlow was killed in a multi-vehicle crash. Barlow, who taught English, died Tuesday. Students learned about the ...
  Officials: Wake Forest High teacher killed in Capital Boulevard wreckWRAL.com
  Wake Forest High School teacher killed in crash involving dump truckWNCNall 13 news articl
  

• Police: Middletown teacher sent explicit images - The News Journal

  24-03-2016 00:22
  The News Journal
  Police: Middletown teacher sent explicit images
  The News Journal
  A 32-year-old Middletown music teacher, who was suspended from Appoquinimink School District in late January, is accused of sending sexually explicit images to a male student, Delaware State Police said in a release late Wednesday. Nicole D. Veneroso ...
  Music teacher accused of sexting with 13-year-old student in Middletown6abc.com
  Appoquinimink School Dist. teacher charged with sex abuse of studentWMDT
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• Brooklyn teacher killed in crosswalk by NYPD van; legal battle between city and victim's family - WABC-TV

  24-03-2016 00:19
  WABC-TV
  Brooklyn teacher killed in crosswalk by NYPD van; legal battle between city and victim's family
  WABC-TV
  Rob Nelson reports the NYPD is responding to a lawsuit from the family of a Brooklyn teacher fatally struck by an officer. Embed. <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7ny.com/video/embed/?pid=1259771" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>.and more »
  

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