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• Harvard Survey Highlights Attitudes About Campus Sexual Assault

  19-12-2016 22:36 via npr.org
  
  A new national survey highlights some attitudes and expectations that may underlie many campus sexual assaults. Researchers at Harvard University say many students are acting on deeply ingrained beliefs, such as the idea that women usually need a little convincing to have sex.
  
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• Man behind Satanic pentagram in Boca Raton is a middle school teacher - WPTV.com

  19-12-2016 17:54 via wptv.com
  
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  Man behind Satanic pentagram in Boca Raton is a middle school teacher
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  Preston Smith, a teacher at Boca Raton Middle School, was the person responsible for putting up a Satanic pentagram at a park in Boca Raton. WPTV. wptv. Copyright 2016 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published ...and more »
  
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• Monterey County teacher accused of sex with minor - The Mercury News

  19-12-2016 17:49 via mercurynews.com
  
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  Monterey County teacher accused of sex with minor
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  Salinas – A former Salinas High School teacher was arrested Thursday morning by Salinas police on suspicion of having sex with a 17-year-old girl. Related Articles. San Jose teacher accused of having oral sex with student, sending explicit photos.and more »
  
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• Pregnant Teacher Fired After Seducing Teen Into Sex By Calling Her Crying - Elite Daily

  19-12-2016 17:32 via elitedaily.com
  
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  Pregnant Teacher Fired After Seducing Teen Into Sex By Calling Her Crying
  Elite Daily
  If you've been paying attention to the news, you may have noticed a lot of teachers making headlines lately. First, there was the Iowa teacher who was seduced by her student via Post-It notes. Then there was the married teacher who gave one of her ...
  Pregnant teacher loses certification after having sex with 17-year-old female studentDaily Mail
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• Alabama Admits Its High School Graduation Rate Was Inflated

  19-12-2016 17:30 via npr.org
  
  Alabama boosted its graduation rate with questionable methods.(Image credit: LA Johnson/NPR)
  
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• PODCAST: Byline - A teacher makes history come alive - nwitimes.com

  19-12-2016 17:21 via nwitimes.com
  
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  PODCAST: Byline - A teacher makes history come alive
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  "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it," or so the saying goes. How do you make people interested or care? Tom Clark, a history teacher at Lake Central High School, has a plethora of old wartime artifacts in his classroom, including ...
  
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• Grant to send teacher to NY - Times-Mail (subscription)

  19-12-2016 16:43 via tmnews.com
  
  Grant to send teacher to NY
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  Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading. Sign Up · Log In · Purchase a Subscription. Maria Edwards, BNL English teacher and NLCS Radio & Television Production teacher, is destined to find out if that ...
  
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• Summerville High teacher charged with assault - WCBD News 2

  19-12-2016 16:18 via counton2.com
  
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  Summerville High teacher charged with assault
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  SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) — Summerville Police are investigating reports of a high school teacher assaulting a student. On December 7, a Summerville High School student and his father reached out to police to report being assaulted by his teacher.
  Summerville teacher, coach suspended while police investigate assault claimJournalscene.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Japanese kid says shadows move because the earth rotates, teacher tells him he's incorrect - RocketNews24

  19-12-2016 16:01 via en.rocketnews24.com
  
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  Japanese kid says shadows move because the earth rotates, teacher tells him he's incorrect
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  Third-grader who's too smart for his own good gets science test question wrong for very dumb reason. As the head of Japanese marketing for multinational tech company Juniper Networks, it's probably safe to assume that Wataru Katsurashima is not a dumb ...
  
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• Local teacher shares joy with holiday outfits - WSAW

  19-12-2016 15:14 via wsaw.com
  
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  Local teacher shares joy with holiday outfits
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  WESTON, Wis. (WSAW) One local teacher is bringing in the holiday spirit through different outfits. Stacey Heise starts off her day by putting on a holiday outfit, from ugly sweaters to holiday light necklaces, her wardrobe is definitely out there. She ...
  
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• Teacher, students pull through for grandmas - taosnews

  19-12-2016 15:00 via taosnews.com
  
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  Teacher, students pull through for grandmas
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  Vigil is pictured standing at far left in this image of her class, staff and the grandmas at Ranchos Elementary. prev. next. Guadalupe Aguilera, who works at Ranchos Elementary School in Ranchos de Taos, said she's had the pleasure of working with ...
  
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• Teacher Caught Sending Creepy Sexts To Teen: 'Ever Go Without Wearing Undies?' - Elite Daily

  19-12-2016 14:21 via elitedaily.com
  
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  Teacher Caught Sending Creepy Sexts To Teen: 'Ever Go Without Wearing Undies?'
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  A teacher was caught red-handed sending dirty messages to an undercover police officer he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Patrick Foley Wilson, 28, a former teacher at Canberra Boys Grammar School in Australia, asked the minor perverted questions in an ...
  
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• School Board denies teacher grievance in hopes arbitration will resolve issue - West Central Tribune

  19-12-2016 13:55 via wctrib.com
  
  School Board denies teacher grievance in hopes arbitration will resolve issue
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  WILLMAR — In an effort to clarify how a contract provision is interpreted, the Willmar School Board has denied a teacher grievance so it can move on to arbitration. The board voted at its meeting last week to deny teacher Robert Flegel's grievance ...
  
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• Teacher killed in Third Ward bar - KHOU.com

  19-12-2016 13:43 via khou.com
  
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  Teacher killed in Third Ward bar
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  HOUSTON – Homicide detectives were on the scene of a fatal shooting in a Third Ward bar early Monday. Now family members say they have to break tragic news to the four children of the man who was killed. Shots were reported in the 4400 block of ...
  Houston special education teacher fatally shot during nightclub fightDallas News (blog)all 6 news articles »
  
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• This Mostly White City Wants To Leave Its Mostly Black School District

  19-12-2016 12:02 via npr.org
  
  The schools in Jefferson County, Ala. have been under a desegregation order for decades. Now that a majority white city wants to secede, a federal judge must decide if it's segregation all over again.
  
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• Segregation Alert Raised As Ala. City Aims To Leave Majority-Black District

  19-12-2016 11:12 via npr.org
  
  In Alabama, a federal judge is expected to decide soon whether a predominantly white city can secede from its larger majority-black school district and start its own.
  
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• A Hougton Middle School teacher has been selected for the Don Wolz Clean Water Education Award - UpperMichigansSource.com

  19-12-2016 11:03 via uppermichiganssource.com
  
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  A Hougton Middle School teacher has been selected for the Don Wolz Clean Water Education Award
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  HOUGHTON, Mich (WLUC) A Houghton Middle School teacher has been selected for the 2016 Dan Wolz Clean Water Education Award. The Don Wolz Clean Water Education Grant was established by the Michigan Science Teacher Association (MSTA) in ...
  
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• Deming teacher earns national award - Albuquerque Journal

  19-12-2016 08:08 via abqjournal.com
  
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  Deming teacher earns national award
  Albuquerque Journal
  Susan Swope, agricultural educator at Red Mountain Middle School in Deming, is one of only six individuals nationwide who received the National Agriscience Teacher of the Year Award earlier this month. Susan Swope, agricultural educator at Red ...
  
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• Teacher evaluation system gets failing grade - Yakima Herald-Republic

  19-12-2016 07:06 via yakimaherald.com
  
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  Teacher evaluation system gets failing grade
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  CHICAGO — You know something in education is broken when both ends of the political spectrum are saying the same thing about it. The hot-button issue of teacher evaluations is a duel between the left, which believes they are ineffective in identifying ...
  The Six-Figure Kindergarten TeacherHuffington Postall 23 news articles »
  
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• Carroll teacher's work pays off in textbook - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

  19-12-2016 07:03 via journalgazette.net
  
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  Carroll teacher's work pays off in textbook
  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
  Just last year, Carroll High School photography teacher Nicole Croy had professional ambitions to write her own textbook, a goal she later made more manageable by narrowing her focus to a chapter. Little did she know that her expertise on pinhole ...
  
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• LHUSD seeks AZ Master Teacher grant - Today's News-Herald

  19-12-2016 05:41 via havasunews.com
  
  LHUSD seeks AZ Master Teacher grant
  Today's News-Herald
  With board approval anticipated Tuesday, Lake Havasu Unified School District officials will submit an application through the Phoenix-based Arizona K12 Center requesting an Arizona's Master Teacher Program grant. If awarded, the district could receive ...
  
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• Influential violinist and teacher, Eugene Shepherd, dies at 96 - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

  19-12-2016 05:34 via pressdemocrat.com
  
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  Influential violinist and teacher, Eugene Shepherd, dies at 96
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  (5 of 5) Eugene Shepherd, shown in a December 1983 file photo. ( JEFF KAN LEE / The Press Democrat ). (1 of 5) Eugene Shepherd, shown in a 1981 file photo. ( The Press Democrat ). (2 of 5) Eugene Shepherd, shown with student Emily Grant in a ...and more »
  
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• Teacher distracted by Pokemon Go hits two pedestrians - WTSP.com

  19-12-2016 04:09 via wtsp.com
  
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  Teacher distracted by Pokemon Go hits two pedestrians
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  The middle-school was distracted by a video game while driving and left the scene. 10News Staff , WTSP 1:52 AM. EST December 19, 2016. Photo: Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. CONNECT TWEET PINTEREST. Pinellas County deputies arrested a ...
  Florida teacher hits 2 pedestrians while playing Pokemon GoKXAN.comall 7 news articles »
  
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• Florida Teacher Inspires Kids to Learn Long Division with Song - WJBD Online

  19-12-2016 03:06 via wjbdradio.com
  
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  Florida Teacher Inspires Kids to Learn Long Division with Song
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  ABCNews.com(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) -- One Florida teacher is using a catchy song to teach her 4th-graders long division. The innovative teaching technique is hitting a home run with Nadine Ebri's students and the internet, with her video of two kids ...and more »
  
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• Ocean Township teacher spins on 'Wheel of Fortune' - Asbury Park Press

  19-12-2016 00:40 via app.com
  
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  Ocean Township teacher spins on 'Wheel of Fortune'
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  An Ocean Township teacher recently got to live a lifelong dream, competing on “Wheel of Fortune,” and her episode will air Monday evening. Jenny Orwick, 27, said she has been applying to be on the show since she was 18.“I watched 'Wheel' growing up my ...and more »
  
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• Teacher offends with slave song homework assignment - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  19-12-2016 00:04 via wbrc.com
  
  Teacher offends with slave song homework assignment
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  The teacher has been accused of making light of black history with the assignment. (Source: WJZ/CNN). BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ/CNN) – A high school teacher is back at school after administrative leave for assigning work that required students to write songs ...and more »
  
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