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• HILLSBOROUGH: Students traipse across Europe with teacher for educational experience - Packet Online

  03-08-2016 23:57 via centraljersey.com
  
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  HILLSBOROUGH: Students traipse across Europe with teacher for educational experience
  Packet Online
  Among the students from Hillsborough Township public schools to go on the Education First trip, pictured here on the London Eye, were Karen Hoffman, Grace Zhang, Weidong Pan, Emily Pan, Darren Kinzler, Renee Kinzler, Wendy Kinzler, Conor Hampton, ...
  
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• Student gets jail for punching teacher - Green Bay Press Gazette

  03-08-2016 23:48 via greenbaypressgazette.com
  
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  Student gets jail for punching teacher
  Green Bay Press Gazette
  GREEN BAY - A former Southwest student accused of punching a teacher in the face last winter will spend 90 days in jail. Ridwaan H. Mohamud, 18, told the court that jail was frightening and horrible and that it could put him off his life goals of ...
  
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• Plea deal on table for ex-Jordan High dance teacher in sex-with-student case - Durham Herald Sun

  03-08-2016 23:01 via heraldsun.com
  
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  Plea deal on table for ex-Jordan High dance teacher in sex-with-student case
  Durham Herald Sun
  Michelle Smith White, a former Jordan High School teacher accused of a sex offense with a student, leaves the public defenders office with her husband, Phillip, after appearing in Durham County District Court on Wednesday, August 6, 2014. White was ...
  
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• No English teacher for Class XI, XII students - Chandigarh Tribune

  03-08-2016 22:45 via tribuneindia.com
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  No English teacher for Class XI, XII students
  Chandigarh Tribune
  Beginning today, Chandigarh Tribune brings you a series of reports highlighting the state of affairs in government schools in the city. Lack of teachers, inadequate infrastructure, shortage of textbooks and dilapidated buildings are among the main ...and more »
  
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• Discipline or domestic violence? Watch Hoover teacher drag daughter by the neck at school - AL.com

  03-08-2016 22:30 via al.com
  
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  Discipline or domestic violence? Watch Hoover teacher drag daughter by the neck at school
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  Hoover High School surveillance video shows PE teacher Lori McCombs grab her teen daughter by the neck and drag her while the pair was inside the school. McCombs is charged with third-degree domestic violence in the 2015 incident. AL.com obtained a ...
  Hoover teacher remains on staff pending domestic violence caseWBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com
  Petition circulating to remove Hoover High PE tea
  
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• Fallin: No decision on special session for teacher salaries - Claremore Daily Progress

  03-08-2016 21:44 via claremoreprogress.com
  
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  Fallin: No decision on special session for teacher salaries
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  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin said Tuesday she believes a $140.8 million windfall in state revenue should be prioritized for teacher salaries and that she supports a special legislative session to address the needs of public education. Fallin ...
  Gov. Fallin: No decision on special session for teacher salarieskfor.com
  Flaws in gov's teacher pay planNewsOK.comall 13 news articles &raq
  
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• Teacher Arrested for Letting Air Out of Tire on Student's Car, Police Say - LawNewz

  03-08-2016 18:21 via lawnewz.com
  
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  Teacher Arrested for Letting Air Out of Tire on Student's Car, Police Say
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  Edward Kimble via screengrab A Connecticut high school teacher was arrested and charged with second-degree reckless endangerment on Monday. The teacher, Edward Kimble, 52, is accused of letting the air out of a tire on a student's vehicle because the ...and more »
  
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• What Makes The Kids Of The Congo Run?

  03-08-2016 16:40 via npr.org
  
  They joined a club started by an Olympic marathoner. They've learned to push through the pain. They get their school fees paid. And one of them is fast enough to join her mentor in Rio.
  
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• What Makes The Kids Of Congo Run?

  03-08-2016 16:40 via npr.org
  
  They joined a club started by an Olympic marathoner. They've learned to push through the pain. They get their school fees paid. And one of them is fast enough to join her mentor in Rio.
  
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• Hopatcong teacher accused in sex case retires - NJ.com

  03-08-2016 15:37 via nj.com
  
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  Hopatcong teacher accused in sex case retires
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  UPDATE: This article has been updated to include quotes from the president of the Hopatcong Board of Education. HOPATCONG — A Hopatcong teacher has retired after his arrest last month for allegedly having sexual contact with a 14-year-old ...
  Teacher facing sex charges retires from HopatcongNew Jersey Heraldall 2 news articles »
  
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• Retired teacher would have saved $82000 — by moving out of Illinois - Chicago Tribune

  03-08-2016 15:22 via chicagotribune.com
  
  Retired teacher would have saved $82000 — by moving out of Illinois
  Chicago Tribune
  For about a decade she's waged a one-woman crusade over what she sees as an injustice that has cost her $82,000 since 2004. That's when she retired from teaching children in Community Consolidated School District 146, which serves Tinley Park, Oak ...and more »
  
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• Woman says Catholic school ignored sex abuse by teacher, coach - WCVB Boston

  03-08-2016 13:23 via wcvb.com
  
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  Woman says Catholic school ignored sex abuse by teacher, coach
  WCVB Boston
  A woman is filing a lawsuit claiming a former teacher sexually assaulted her for years, and claims school administrators knew it was happening and did nothing to stop it. According to the lawsuit, the unidentified victim claims former Marian High ...and more »
  
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• At These Museums, Tragedy Is A History Lesson

  03-08-2016 13:00 via npr.org
  
  How do you explain the toughest parts of history to children? We asked leaders from memorial museums around the U.S. to help us understand the best way to do so.
  
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• Timeline: The Chappaqua teacher sex and drug scandal - The Journal News | LoHud.com

  03-08-2016 12:06 via lohud.com
  
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  Timeline: The Chappaqua teacher sex and drug scandal
  The Journal News | LoHud.com
  Former Horace Greeley High School drama and speech teacher Christopher Schraufnagel was a popular fixture at the Chappaqua school for 12 years, before a drug and sex scandal led to criminal charges and civil claims against him. Here is how the ...
  Video: Family sues Chappaqua teacher for sex abuseThe Journal News / Lohud.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• Former teacher banned from classroom after convicted of sex with student - WFTV Orlando

  03-08-2016 04:53 via wftv.com
  
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  Former teacher banned from classroom after convicted of sex with student
  WFTV Orlando
  A former South Lake High School teacher will never step inside a Florida classroom again after the state yanked his teaching license. The teacher was arrested two years ago, but has his license taken away recently. It took the state nearly a year to ...
  Bettendorf teacher attends education summit in Washington, D.C.Quad City Timesall 6 news articles »
  
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• Beloved Ennis High teacher killed in head-on crash in Colorado - Dallas Morning News

  03-08-2016 03:45 via dallasnews.com
  
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  Beloved Ennis High teacher killed in head-on crash in Colorado
  Dallas Morning News
  Kelly Boston, 47, was driving on Colorado State Highway 9, near Fairplay, on Friday when his GMC Acadia collided with a Chevrolet Silverado, according to Fox 21 News. Fairplay is about 90 miles southwest of Denver. His front-seat passenger and the ...
  Beloved Ennis HS teacher killed in crashWFAA.comall 4 news articles »
  
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• Student teacher denied license after inappropriate relationship - DesMoinesRegister.com

  03-08-2016 03:12 via desmoinesregister.com
  
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  Student teacher denied license after inappropriate relationship
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  A Carlisle student teacher will be barred from teaching for at least three years after reportedly picking up a 14-year-old special education student late in the evening, giving her vodka mixed with soda and sending her messages that called her ...
  
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• Washington Schools Chief Sues Districts, State Over Salaries - Education Week

  03-08-2016 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Fed up with legislators' inability to revise the state's school funding formula, Washington state schools superintendent Randy Dorn has filed lawsuits against the state and seven districts, including Seattle, Tacoma, and several large suburban ones.
  
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• Michigan to Pay Legal Fees in Detroit Sickout Lawsuit - Education Week

  03-08-2016 00:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The state of Michigan will foot the six-figure legal bill for the Detroit schools to sue two employees that the district claims instigated widespread teacher sickouts this past winter and spring.
  
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