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• Study could help Albemarle County address teacher pay concerns - The Daily Progress

  01-07-2017 23:48
  
  The Daily Progress
  Study could help Albemarle County address teacher pay concerns
  The Daily Progress
  Albemarle High School language arts teacher Jacquelyn Brownlee looks at pay stub information on a laptop at her home. Ryan M. Kelly/The Daily Progress. prev. next. ×. 9 remaining of 10. Welcome! We hope that you enjoy our free content. Jacquelyn ...
  
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• Teacher playing 'perpetrator' in school safety drill got roughed up by cops: suit - New York Post

  01-07-2017 22:35
  
  New York Post
  Teacher playing 'perpetrator' in school safety drill got roughed up by cops: suit
  New York Post
  A Long Island teacher playing the role of “pretend perpetrator” in her school's annual lock-down safety drill was hurt after she was thrown to the ground by a Southampton Town Police officer during the activity, according to a lawsuit. Christine ...
  
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• GOOD NEWS FROM SCHOOLS: Trout Unlimited honors Lilburn teacher - Gwinnettdailypost.com

  01-07-2017 22:04
  
  Gwinnettdailypost.com
  GOOD NEWS FROM SCHOOLS: Trout Unlimited honors Lilburn teacher
  Gwinnettdailypost.com
  Karen Hoban of St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School in Lilburn was recently honored by the Upper Chattahoochee Chapter of Trout Unlimited. The chapter honored local educational institutions that participated in Trout in the Classroom activities ...
  
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• Veteran Colorado Springs elementary teacher makes history come alive - Colorado Springs Gazette

  01-07-2017 21:57
  
  Veteran Colorado Springs elementary teacher makes history come alive
  Colorado Springs Gazette
  When Steele Elementary first-grade history teacher Christy Howard found out she was the 2017 state history teacher of the year, she was surprised and overjoyed. "It's something I never thought would happen," Howard said. It is no ordinary teacher of ...
  
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• More Charter School Teachers See Unions as an Option - Education Week

  01-07-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Teachers in a spate of urban charter schools are unionizing and the National Education Association is expected to take up the issue at its annual meeting.
  
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• Lexington teacher hit by tractor trailer and killed after family's SUV spins out of control - Lexington Herald Leader

  01-07-2017 17:14
  
  Lexington Herald Leader
  Lexington teacher hit by tractor trailer and killed after family's SUV spins out of control
  Lexington Herald Leader
  A Central Kentucky woman was hit and killed by a tractor trailer while trying to cross a Georgia interstate at about 1 a.m. Friday. Judith “Judy” Stacy was a social studies teacher at Beaumont Middle School. She, along with her husband and two ...and more »
  
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• Teacher accused of child molestation quits despite lack of charges in San Ramon district - East Bay Times

  01-07-2017 17:01
  
  East Bay Times
  Teacher accused of child molestation quits despite lack of charges in San Ramon district
  East Bay Times
  MARTINEZ — Despite a hung jury and a decision not to retry a child molestation case, a former teacher resigned from the San Ramon Valley Unified School District on Friday. Jeff O'Hearn was charged with one count of lewd acts with a child under 14 and ...
  
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• First-grade teacher tackles teen subject - The Edwardsville Intelligencer

  01-07-2017 16:06
  
  The Edwardsville Intelligencer
  First-grade teacher tackles teen subject
  The Edwardsville Intelligencer
  During the school year, Edwardsville resident Bonnie Swanson can be found every day teaching her first-grade students at Wilson Elementary in Granite City. But every evening for about the past year, she could be found tucked away in a quiet room in her ...
  
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• Teacher Resource Center sees big changes - Plattsburgh Press Republican

  01-07-2017 13:40
  
  Plattsburgh Press Republican
  Teacher Resource Center sees big changes
  Plattsburgh Press Republican
  GABE DICKENS/P-R PHOTODuring her last day as the North Country Teacher Resource Center director, Kathleen Fessette (right) take some time out, with office assistant Monica Merchand, from shuttling items from the center's temporary location to their ...
  
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• Former teacher sends '8-year letter' to students - Midland Daily News

  01-07-2017 13:10
  
  Midland Daily News
  Former teacher sends '8-year letter' to students
  Midland Daily News
  Kevin Spencer poses for a portrait, with letters his former students wrote to themselves while he was their teacher at his Edward Jones office on W. Wackerly Street. (Katy Kildee/[email protected]). Image 2 of 3. One of Kevin Spencer's business cards ...
  
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• DeVos Loosens For-Profit College Rules; More State Cash May Head To Religious Schools

  01-07-2017 12:00 via npr.org
  
  Two new court decisions, and other education news, including significant new research on the effectiveness of voucher programs.(Image credit: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
  
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• Jonesboro teacher arrested in relationship with teenager - Arkansas Online

  01-07-2017 09:29
  
  Jonesboro teacher arrested in relationship with teenager
  Arkansas Online
  A math teacher in northeast Arkansas accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage student has been arrested, officials say. David Yates, 44, of Jonesboro was arrested Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of second-degree endangering ...and more »
  
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• Beloved Marysville teacher, coach, PA announcer retiring - The Daily Herald

  01-07-2017 07:29
  
  The Daily Herald
  Beloved Marysville teacher, coach, PA announcer retiring
  The Daily Herald
  MARYSVILLE — Several years ago, Mike VanDaveer noticed a Cedarcrest Middle School student in need of lunch. So the longtime teacher and coach lent a helping hand. Every day for three years, VanDaveer brought an extra lunch to school and placed it in ...and more »
  
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• Minnesota teacher to become police officer - Washington Times

  01-07-2017 07:20
  Minnesota teacher to become police officer
  Washington Times
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - “I'm just finishing up my 28th year as a teacher,” said Sara Ross from her fourth-grade classroom at Expo Elementary School in St. Paul. Her students had already been released for summer vacation; the quiet gave her a chance to ...and more »
  
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• Teacher pay shouldn't be used for political leverage - San Antonio ... - mySanAntonio.com

  01-07-2017 07:05
  
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  Teacher pay shouldn't be used for political leverage - San Antonio ...
  mySanAntonio.com
  The special session agenda includes private school vouchers for special education students (which opponents view as a way to get vouchers for all students); ...
  Columbus school board approves budget, remains silent on teacher ...The Columbus Dispatchall 2 news articles »
  
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• CPS makes good on chunk of massive teacher pension fund payment - Chicago Tribune

  01-07-2017 01:56
  
  Chicago Tribune
  CPS makes good on chunk of massive teacher pension fund payment
  Chicago Tribune
  Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk in front of Chicago Public Schools headquarters in downtown Chicago on Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune). Juan Perez Jr.Contact ReporterChicago Tribune. Chicago Public Schools on Friday ...and more »
  
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• At Big-City Charter Schools, More Teachers See Unions as an Option - Education Week

  01-07-2017 01:04 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Teachers in a spate of urban charter schools are unionizing and the National Education Association is expected to take up the issue at its annual meeting.
  
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• Drunk driver gets 8 years for crash that left Long Beach teacher in coma, killed her dog - Long Beach Press Telegram

  01-07-2017 00:13
  
  Long Beach Press Telegram
  Drunk driver gets 8 years for crash that left Long Beach teacher in coma, killed her dog
  Long Beach Press Telegram
  A Long Beach elementary school teacher who lost her arm in a crash caused by a drunken driver confronted the man responsible at his sentencing hearing Friday. In an Orange County courtroom, Stacy Copp told the man that he'd stolen her independence ...and more »
  
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• Volunteer Bible study teacher arrested in undercover child sex sting, police say - WPXI Pittsburgh

  01-07-2017 00:07
  
  WPXI Pittsburgh
  Volunteer Bible study teacher arrested in undercover child sex sting, police say
  WPXI Pittsburgh
  A Westmoreland County Bible study teacher is the latest person accused of trying to meet for sex with a person he thought was a teenage boy, police say. Timothy Michael Myers, 32, of Latrobe, is the third person to be arrested in two days, accused of ...
  AG's office nabs three men, including Bible study teacher, in child sex stingPennLive.comall 2 news articles »
  
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