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• 'Powerful story': W. Leyden teacher spent summer helping Syrian refugees - Chicago Tribune

  02-09-2016 22:30 via chicagotribune.com
  
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  'Powerful story': W. Leyden teacher spent summer helping Syrian refugees
  Chicago Tribune
  Aysha Shedbalkar, a math teacher at West Leyden, worked as a volunteer at a Syrian refugee camp in Greece during the summer. Here, she poses with a baby Sulaiman, who she called "My Border Baby" because he was born in Idomeni refugee camp on the ...
  
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• Georgetown University Works To Amend Slave Owning Past

  02-09-2016 22:29 via npr.org
  
  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Georgetown University President John DeGioia and Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, a descendent of two slaves the school sold in 1838, about their meeting on the university's legacy related to slavery.
  
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• Georgetown University Works To Amend Involvement In Slavery

  02-09-2016 22:29 via npr.org
  
  NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Georgetown University President John DeGioia and Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, a descendant of two slaves sold in 1838. The school benefited from that sale.
  
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• 8 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know

  02-09-2016 22:00 via npr.org
  
  One of the biggest myths? That children don't kill themselves. It's just not true. Children as young as 5 take their own lives every year.
  
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• 6 Myths About Suicide That Every Educator And Parent Should Know

  02-09-2016 22:00 via npr.org
  
  One of the biggest myths? That children don't kill themselves. It's just not true. Children as young as 5 take their own lives every year.
  
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• Houston teacher accused of flying to Chicago to have sex with 15-year-old boy - KTRK-TV

  02-09-2016 21:42 via abc13.com
  
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  Houston teacher accused of flying to Chicago to have sex with 15-year-old boy
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  A 30-year-old teacher from Houston is facing multiple charges on allegation he traveled across state lines to have sex with a minor, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Drew Dillon Watson is a Physics teacher at a local school serving ...
  Feds: Houston teacher tried to meet boy for sexKHOU.com
  Houston teacher accused of flying to Chicago to have sex with...KPRC Houstonall 3 news articles &raq
  
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• Skowhegan Area Middle School teacher is in final three for state Teacher of the Year - Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

  02-09-2016 20:03 via centralmaine.com
  
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  Skowhegan Area Middle School teacher is in final three for state Teacher of the Year
  Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
  SKOWHEGAN — Tammy Ranger, the 2016 Somerset County Teacher of the Year, has been named as one of three state finalists for Maine's 2017 Teacher of the Year award. The three finalists were chosen by the Maine Department of Education in ...
  
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• Third Grade Teacher Shares Heartbreaking Notes From Her Students - Us Weekly

  02-09-2016 19:23 via usmagazine.com
  
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  Third Grade Teacher Shares Heartbreaking Notes From Her Students
  Us Weekly
  Five years ago, a teacher at Doull Elementary School in Denver found the perfect way to connect with her students. As part of a trust-building assignment, Kyle Schwartz asked her third graders to complete the sentence, “I wish my teacher knew …”.
  The heartbreaking things some kids want their teacher to knowUSA TODAY
  Students Asked To Complete The Sentence 'I Wish My Teacher Knew'Scary Mommyal
  
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• Antioch teacher to be given Presidential Award for Excellence - KGO-TV

  02-09-2016 19:08 via abc7news.com
  
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  Antioch teacher to be given Presidential Award for Excellence
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  An East Bay school has some bragging rights. It has one of the best math teachers in the nation. Maria McClain teaches calculus at Deer Valley High School. She's been teacher of the year before, but next week, she'll be at the White House to receive a ...and more »
  
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• Marion County student expelled for taking picture of teacher's private area - WTVC

  02-09-2016 18:55 via newschannel9.com
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  Marion County student expelled for taking picture of teacher's private area
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  Marion County Director of Schools Mark Griffith says the student was expelled earlier in the week for taking a picture of a teacher who wasn't wearing undergarments. (Image: MGN). 0shares. tweet now! 0shares. tweet now! MARION COUNTY, Tenn. — Marion ...and more »
  
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• Ex-Durham teacher pleads guilty to student sex charges - WRAL.com

  02-09-2016 18:51 via wral.com
  
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  Ex-Durham teacher pleads guilty to student sex charges
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  Durham, N.C. — A former Durham high school teacher pleaded guilty Friday to sex charges involving a student. Authorities said Michelle Smith White formed a friendship with a female student in 2012, when the girl was 15, and it later evolved into a ...
  Selma teacher arrested, accused of having sex with student on school groundsAL.com
  Ex-teacher gets 3-10 years for sex with studentDurham Herald Sun
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• Teacher Accused Of Punishing Students For Speaking Spanish Is Reassigned - BuzzFeed News

  02-09-2016 18:49 via buzzfeed.com
  
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  Teacher Accused Of Punishing Students For Speaking Spanish Is Reassigned
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  The third-grade elementary school teacher in Illinois was accused of telling English learning students not to speak Spanish and punishing them if they did. posted on Sept. 2, 2016, at 9:45 a.m.. Adolfo Flores. BuzzFeed News Reporter. Tweet. Tumblr ...
  
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• Chicago Teacher Welcomes 4th Graders to School With Rap Song - Inside Edition

  02-09-2016 18:12 via insideedition.com
  
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  Chicago Teacher Welcomes 4th Graders to School With Rap Song
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  As students around the country head back to school, one Chicago teacher welcomed his incoming class with a hip-hop music video. Read: Librarian Revealed to Have $4 Million Fortune, Which He Leaves to University He Worked at for 50 Years. First-year ...and more »
  
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• Teacher Voice Matters - Huffington Post

  02-09-2016 17:50 via huffingtonpost.com
  
  Teacher Voice Matters
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  Teacher voices are seldom heard in the policy space. The new report from the Center on Education Policy's, Listen to Us: Teacher Views and Voices, surveying 3,000 public school teachers from across the country echoes this sentiment. The report ...
  
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• Schools grapple with substitute teacher shortage - Allentown Morning Call

  02-09-2016 17:28 via mcall.com
  
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  Schools grapple with substitute teacher shortage
  Allentown Morning Call
  Marvine Elementary School, which serves preschool through fifth grade students, has been dealing with a shortage of substitutes to cover classes when needed. With the addition of a buiding substitute for the current school year Principal Karen Gomez ...and more »
  
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• Lincoln Marti School teacher accused of hitting kids granted... - Local 10

  02-09-2016 17:19 via local10.com
  
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  Lincoln Marti School teacher accused of hitting kids granted...
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  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - A preschool teacher at the Lincoln Marti School in Miami Beach was granted a $25,000 bond Friday, a day after she was arrested for hitting multiple students inside her classroom. Clara Quintero-Gonzalez, 54, will be placed on house ...
  Miami Beach Teacher Accused of Hitting Children in CourtNBC 6 South Florida
  Miami Beach Teacher Accused Of Abusing Children Faces JudgeCBS Local
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• SC teacher's aide accused of throwing autistic boy on his back in school hallway - CBS News

  02-09-2016 16:44 via cbsnews.com
  
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  SC teacher's aide accused of throwing autistic boy on his back in school hallway
  CBS News
  GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Police say a South Carolina teacher's aide grabbed a 5-year-old autistic child by the arm, pulled him down the steps and threw him on his back across the school hallway. News outlets report that 36-year-old Brittany A. Bell, who ...
  Special ed teacher fired for disciplining student, says districtWYFF Greenville
  Teacher, aide improperly disciplined special education studentsGree
  
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• A Texas teacher named her class the j-word. Her racial slur defense: ignorance. - Washington Post

  02-09-2016 14:04 via washingtonpost.com
  
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  A Texas teacher named her class the j-word. Her racial slur defense: ignorance.
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  The nicknames were meant to create togetherness for the sixth-grade classrooms at Bell Manor Elementary School. The school, in a town between Fort Worth and Dallas, intended to begin the school year with a trip to Camp Thurman, reported the ...
  Teacher Apologizes After Class Picks Racist NicknameNewser
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• CPS Teacher Cuts Down Pro-Police Ribbons, Infuriating South Side Neighbors - DNAinfo

  02-09-2016 13:33 via dnainfo.com
  
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  CPS Teacher Cuts Down Pro-Police Ribbons, Infuriating South Side Neighbors
  DNAinfo
  Christine Harrell, a teacher at Graham Elementary School, recently received backlash from South Side neighborhoods after cutting down blue ribbons with a Swiss Army Knife. View Full Caption. Facebook. CANARYVILLE — A neighborhood preschool ...
  
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• Mesquite Teacher's Aide Accused of Assaulting 11-Year-Old Boy - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  02-09-2016 12:29 via nbcdfw.com
  
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  Mesquite Teacher's Aide Accused of Assaulting 11-Year-Old Boy
  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
  Mesquite police say they arrested 26-year-old Jessica-Jewel Corin Benton, an elementary school teacher's aid who confessed to sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy. Police said a Mesquite teacher's aide has confessed to sexually assaulting an ...
  Former Mesquite ISD teacher's aide confessed to sexual assault of 11-year-oldWFAA.com
  Mesquite teacher's aide charged with sexually assa
  
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• How St. Paul teacher Bonnie Laabs closed her school's achievement gap - City Pages

  02-09-2016 11:46 via citypages.com
  
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  How St. Paul teacher Bonnie Laabs closed her school's achievement gap
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  Hamline Elementary School in St. Paul's Hamline Midway neighborhood is one of two elementary schools in the area that have some of the lowest enrollment numbers in the entire district. Over the past several years as St. Paul Public Schools toyed with ...
  
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• Georgetown To Offer An Edge In Admissions To Slaves' Descendants

  02-09-2016 11:07 via npr.org
  
  The university is making amends for its past ties to slavery. Renee Montagne talks to Georgetown Professor Marcia Chatelain of the university's Working Group on Slavery, Memory and Reconciliation.
  
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• The teacher becomes the student - MIT News

  02-09-2016 06:01 via news.mit.edu
  
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  The teacher becomes the student
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  Ten Tunisian professors take part in MIT-Educator's inaugural program to examine their higher-ed practices. Sarah McDonnell | MIT News Office September 2, 2016. Press Inquiries Share. Press Contact. Sarah McDonnell. Email: [email protected]. Phone: ...
  
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• CBS4 Investigation Finds Disparities In Teacher Evaluations - CBS Local

  02-09-2016 06:01 via denver.cbslocal.com
  
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  CBS4 Investigation Finds Disparities In Teacher Evaluations
  CBS Local
  DENVER (CBS4) – Where a teacher works plays a significant role in how they are evaluated, according to a CBS4 data analysis. CBS4 obtained teacher evaluation statistics from seven Front Range school districts and found disparities in the percentages of ...
  
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• Student and teacher are 'kidney friends for life' - Fox11online.com

  02-09-2016 04:28 via fox11online.com
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  Student and teacher are 'kidney friends for life'
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  OAKFIELD (WLUK) -- On the first day back to school a student and teacher shared a once-in-a-lifetime bond. The student, Natasha Fuller, needed a kidney transplant, and the teacher at Oakfield Elementary School was a match. That teacher, Jodi Schmidt, ...and more »
  
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• Autopsy confirms murder-suicide of South St…. - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  02-09-2016 04:28 via twincities.com
  
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  Autopsy confirms murder-suicide of South St….
  TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  Aric Babbit, a South St. Paul elementary teacher and the subject of a criminal investigation, was found dead Aug. 25, 2016, in Washington state in what is being classified as a murder-suicide. (Photo courtesy of South St. Paul Public Schools). By Nick ...
  Gay Teacher 'Mentors' Gay Teens, Molests Them, Dies In Murder-SuicideDaily Callerall 3 news articles »
  
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• Judge tosses SF law preventing teacher evictions - SFGate - SFGate

  02-09-2016 02:13 via sfgate.com
  
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  Judge tosses SF law preventing teacher evictions - SFGate
  SFGate
  A Superior Court judge has tossed out a San Francisco city ordinance that made it illegal to evict teachers and child care providers during the school year, a law ...and more »
  
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