Teacher news

• Wheeling High School teacher, off-duty officer save referee's life who collapsed during game - Chicago Tribune

  20-10-2017 23:38 via chicagotribune.com
  Chicago Tribune
  Wheeling High School teacher, off-duty officer save referee's life who collapsed during game
  Chicago Tribune
  Officer Rick Richardson speaks about an incident where he was involved in saving a life. Oct. 20, 2017. (Karen Ann Cullotta / Pioneer Press). Karen Ann CullottaContact ReporterPioneer Press. A health teacher at Wheeling High School, Joe Wolinski had ...and more »
  
  Read more

• SCSO: Teacher has sex with Hagerty High student | WFTV | WFTV - WFTV Orlando

  20-10-2017 23:33 via wftv.com
  WFTV Orlando
  SCSO: Teacher has sex with Hagerty High student | WFTV | WFTV
  WFTV Orlando
  A Seminole County teacher who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl was arrested Thursday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office ...
  Seminole County teacher accused of sexual relationship with ...Orlando Sentinel
  Florida teacher, 30, arrested for 'multiple' sex romps inside high ...Fox News
  Seminole County teacher accused of having sex with student at schoolWKMG Orlando
  MyAJC
  
  Read more

• The Whiteboard Jungle: Teacher credentialing programs often interfere with a new instructor's natural ability - Los Angeles Times

  20-10-2017 23:15 via latimes.com
  The Whiteboard Jungle: Teacher credentialing programs often interfere with a new instructor's natural ability
  Los Angeles Times
  If one wants to attract the most talented people to teaching, the recipe is to make teaching attractive. But that recipe concocted by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing is not what is happening in teacher training programs. Gordon ...
  
  Read more

• Substitute Teacher Kicked Out of School After Allegedly Duct-Taping Fifth Graders Mouths Shut: Reports - PEOPLE.com

  20-10-2017 23:14 via people.com
  PEOPLE.com
  Substitute Teacher Kicked Out of School After Allegedly Duct-Taping Fifth Graders Mouths Shut: Reports
  PEOPLE.com
  A Texas substitute teacher has been barred from the elementary school where she worked after allegedly duct-taping shut the mouths of 10 fifth-graders on Thursday, according to multiple news reports. The teacher was substituting for a fifth-grade class ...
  Teacher duct tapes students' mouths at Texas elementary school ...New York Daily News
  Substitute teacher in Texas all
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Former Melbourne High teacher part of spacewalk to replace blurry camera - Florida Today

  20-10-2017 22:34 via floridatoday.com
  Florida Today
  Former Melbourne High teacher part of spacewalk to replace blurry camera
  Florida Today
  CAPE CANAVERAL — A spacewalking astronaut successfully replaced a blurry camera outside the International Space Station on Friday, but had to contend with a balky jetpack and a frayed safety tether. Both jetpacks and safety ties are crucial for saving ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Pa. Teacher Allegedly Attacked by Brick-Wielding Parent After Confiscating Student's Phone - PEOPLE.com

  20-10-2017 22:18 via people.com
  PEOPLE.com
  Pa. Teacher Allegedly Attacked by Brick-Wielding Parent After Confiscating Student's Phone
  PEOPLE.com
  A Pittsburgh woman was arrested after allegedly attacking her daughter's teacher by striking her in the face with a brick over a dispute about a confiscated cell phone, PEOPLE confirms. On Thursday, Daishonta Marie Williams, 29, was arrested and ...
  Pittsburgh teacher beaten in intersection accused by alleged attackerCBS News
  'She is going to get it,' woman accused of saying before a
  
  Read more

• Cops: PBG teacher admitted she made class judge 9-year-old's behavior - MyPalmBeachPost

  20-10-2017 21:37 via mypalmbeachpost.com
  MyPalmBeachPost
  Cops: PBG teacher admitted she made class judge 9-year-old's behavior
  MyPalmBeachPost
  The Marsh Pointe Elementary teacher told police she asked her fourth-grade class whether a boy was distracting them and that students responded by raising their hands. (Photo via Palm Beach County School District). Posted: 3:37 p.m. Friday, October 20, ...
  
  Read more

• Court papers offer timeline in alleged Webster County teacher saga - The Gleaner

  20-10-2017 21:28 via thegleaner.com
  The Gleaner
  Court papers offer timeline in alleged Webster County teacher saga
  The Gleaner
  DIXON — The arrests of two middle school teachers and an assistant police chief caught in an alleged web of drug trafficking, official misconduct and for one person, charges of child porn possession, have shocked Webster County residents and others in ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Principal, teacher at Hartford magnet school placed on leave - WFSB

  20-10-2017 21:16 via wfsb.com
  WFSB
  Principal, teacher at Hartford magnet school placed on leave
  WFSB
  Principal and teacher on leave after an "alleged incident" took place at Environmental Sciences Magnet School at Mary Hooker. (WFSB). HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) -. Staff members at a Hartford magnet school were placed on leave after an investigation.
  Officials: Hartford Principal, Teacher Placed On Leave Pending InvestigationHartford Courant
  Principal, teacher at a Hartford magnet school has been placed on leaveFOX 61all 5 news art
  
  Read more

• Featured Teacher: Jessica Starek - Corsicana Daily Sun

  20-10-2017 20:34 via corsicanadailysun.com
  Corsicana Daily Sun
  Featured Teacher: Jessica Starek
  Corsicana Daily Sun
  Jessica Starek is this week's Copy Center Featured Teacher. She began teaching in 1970 and has over 23 years of experience as an Elementary School Principal, and 20 years of experience as a teacher. For 13 of those teaching years she taught in ...
  
  Read more

• Stephanie Mckellop, Teacher Who Calls on Black Women, Not Male Students, Becomes Latest Culture War Battle - Newsweek

  20-10-2017 20:29 via newsweek.com
  Newsweek
  Stephanie Mckellop, Teacher Who Calls on Black Women, Not Male Students, Becomes Latest Culture War Battle
  Newsweek
  After a teaching assistant at the prestigious University of Pennsylvania tweeted about a strategy to encourage classroom participation by minority students, the tweets sparked a massive online clash with conservative news outlets and many Twitter and ...and more »
  
  Read more

• After moving, teacher says he's 'head and shoulders above' where he was in Oklahoma - KOCO Oklahoma City

  20-10-2017 20:02 via koco.com
  KOCO Oklahoma City
  After moving, teacher says he's 'head and shoulders above' where he was in Oklahoma
  KOCO Oklahoma City
  Algebra teacher Shawn Sheehan knows numbers, and just how many you need in your bank account for financial stability. “Here we still have four digits (in our bank account) — it's unheard of,” Sheehan told KOCO. “We have in our account right now more ...
  
  Read more

• 'Speak American': Students stage walkout over teacher remark - Fox News

  20-10-2017 19:25 via foxnews.com
  'Speak American': Students stage walkout over teacher remark
  Fox News
  CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. – Students at a high school in a heavily Hispanic district have staged a walkout to protest a teacher's comment that a Spanish-speaking student should instead "speak American." Dozens of students walked out of Cliffside Park High ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Teacher on Leave After Parent Says She Washed Student's Hair - U.S. News & World Report

  20-10-2017 18:49 via usnews.com
  Teacher on Leave After Parent Says She Washed Student's Hair
  U.S. News & World Report
  A Santa Fe elementary school teacher was placed on administrative leave after police and school officials say she washed students' hair in class. Oct. 20, 2017, at 12:37 p.m.. Teacher on Leave After Parent Says She Washed Student's Hair ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Pittsburgh teacher beaten in intersection accused by alleged attacker - CBS News

  20-10-2017 18:34 via cbsnews.com
  CBS News
  Pittsburgh teacher beaten in intersection accused by alleged attacker
  CBS News
  PITTSBURGH -- A woman who claims a public school teacher choked her daughter while disciplining her has been charged with following the teacher after school, hitting her with a brick and then pulling her from her car and beating her. Daishonta Williams ...
  Teacher Says A Mother Attacked Her With A Brick And She Was Bitten By The Daughter All Over A CellphoneBET
  Enraged parents attack teacher with a bric
  
  Read more

• SA districts explain how teacher was hired after allegations of inappropriate behavior - mySanAntonio.com

  20-10-2017 18:25 via mysanantonio.com
  mySanAntonio.com
  SA districts explain how teacher was hired after allegations of inappropriate behavior
  mySanAntonio.com
  Two San Antonio school districts are offering up explanations this week on how a teacher recently arrested on charges of soliciting a minor was able to be hired - and in one case rehired - at their schools even after complaints were made against him ...
  
  Read more

• Puerto Rico Faces Huge Challenges in Rebuilding, Reinventing K-12 Education - Education Week

  20-10-2017 18:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  A positive transformation for the island's long struggling schools might be crippled before it can even start—or never take place at all.
  
  Read more

• Seminole County teacher accused of sexual relationship with student, arrest report says - Orlando Sentinel

  20-10-2017 17:55 via orlandosentinel.com
  Orlando Sentinel
  Seminole County teacher accused of sexual relationship with student, arrest report says
  Orlando Sentinel
  30-year-old Jaclyn Truman was arrested and charged with two counts of lewd acts on a minor. Krista TorralvaContact ReporterOrlando Sentinel. Privacy Policy. A Seminole County teacher is in jail Friday after deputies said she had a sexual relationship ...
  Florida teacher, 30, arrested for 'multiple' sex romps inside high school with female studentFox News
  Seminole County teac
  
  Read more

• Want students to succeed? Hire more teachers who look like them, report says - The Telegraph

  20-10-2017 17:51 via macon.com
  The Telegraph
  Want students to succeed? Hire more teachers who look like them, report says
  The Telegraph
  It wasn't until she was a student in a doctoral program that Sharon Augustine had a professor who wasn't white like her. Augustine, now the chair of teacher education at Mercer University's Macon campus, thinks that's a problem, and a number of recent ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Turkish court orders release of teacher on hunger strike - Fox News

  20-10-2017 17:36 via foxnews.com
  Deutsche Welle
  Turkish court orders release of teacher on hunger strike
  Fox News
  ISTANBUL – Turkey's state-run news agency says a court has ordered a teacher charged with membership in an armed terror group released from the prison where he's been on a hunger strike. Anadolu agency reports the Ankara court ruled Friday that ...
  Turkey to release hunger strike teacher Semih Ozakca from jailDeutsche Welleall 7 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Estimated $50K stolen from parent-teacher group in Tehachapi - Bakersfield Now

  20-10-2017 17:33 via bakersfieldnow.com
  Bakersfield Now
  Estimated $50K stolen from parent-teacher group in Tehachapi
  Bakersfield Now
  TEHACHAPI, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A former board member of a parent-teacher organization under the Tehachapi Unified School District is being accused of embezzlement. Kern County Sheriff's Office investigators believe the woman took nearly $50,000 ...
  
  Read more

• Jury acquits former Idaho teacher of student sexual battery - Idaho Statesman

  20-10-2017 17:29 via idahostatesman.com
  Idaho Statesman
  Jury acquits former Idaho teacher of student sexual battery
  Idaho Statesman
  An Idaho jury acquitted a former Sandpoint high school teacher of charges accusing her of having sex with a 16-year-old male student. The Bonner County Daily Bee reports that the jury deliberated for about an hour before delivering the not-guilty ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Report: South Florida teacher fired for throwing X-rated party in classroom - Palm Beach Post

  20-10-2017 16:54 via palmbeachpost.com
  Palm Beach Post
  Report: South Florida teacher fired for throwing X-rated party in classroom
  Palm Beach Post
  A dance teacher in Miami-Dade was fired for allegedly throwing a surprise party with X-rated decorations and favors at school. Parents told WSVN that the teacher works at Mater Lakes Academy, a charter school for grades six through 12. The party took ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Seminole County teacher accused of sexual relationship with student - Orlando Sentinel

  20-10-2017 16:08 via orlandosentinel.com
  Orlando Sentinel
  Seminole County teacher accused of sexual relationship with student
  Orlando Sentinel
  A 15-year-old girl told another adult she had a relationship with 30-year-old Jaclyn Truman, Seminole County Sheriff's Office spokesman Bob Kealing said. (Seminole County Sheriff's Office). Krista TorralvaContact ReporterOrlando Sentinel. Privacy Policy.
  Seminole County teacher accused of having sex with girl, 15, multiple times at schoolWFTV Orlando
  Seminole County teacher accused of having se
  
  Read more

• September Amazing Teacher: Alex Tunchez - Alice Echo News-Journal

  20-10-2017 16:00 via alicetx.com
  September Amazing Teacher: Alex Tunchez
  Alice Echo News-Journal
  For the past 20 years, San Diego native, Alex Tunchez, has taught math in the same school district he attended as a child. On Wednesday, Alice Echo News Journal and Bowden Ford of Alice presented Alex Tunchez with the September Amazing Teacher ...
  
  Read more

• Substitute teacher duct tapes students' mouths at Texas elementary school - New York Daily News

  20-10-2017 15:40 via nydailynews.com
  New York Daily News
  Substitute teacher duct tapes students' mouths at Texas elementary school
  New York Daily News
  A substitute teacher was barred from a Texas elementary school after students reported that the educator put duct tape over their mouths. Carmello Brooks, a fifth grader at Maxdale Elementary School, told his mother he ripped the first strip of duct ...
  Substitute teacher in Texas allegedly duct-taped mouths of 10 ...ABC News
  Texas teacher kicked out of classroom after duct-taping 5
  
  Read more

• My teacher, the predator - Los Angeles Times

  20-10-2017 13:01 via latimes.com
  Los Angeles Times
  My teacher, the predator
  Los Angeles Times
  Joseph Koetters (right), the former Marlborough School teacher accused of having sex with two students, pleads guilty and is sentenced in Los Angeles Superior Court on Oct. 21, 2015. (Los Angeles Times). By Chloe Safier. Educators ...
  
  Read more

• WATCH LIVE: Former Florida teacher takes spacewalk - WKMG Orlando

  20-10-2017 12:47 via clickorlando.com
  WATCH LIVE: Former Florida teacher takes spacewalk
  WKMG Orlando
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - If skies are clear shortly after kickoff at Melbourne High School's Homecoming football game Friday night, fans might see the International Space Station streak overhead for two minutes starting at 7:08 p.m.. Perhaps they'll give ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Don't water down teacher training - Newsday

  20-10-2017 12:02 via newsday.com
  Newsday
  Don't water down teacher training
  Newsday
  This so-called SUNY solution is likely to create a new problem by placing unqualified teachers in classrooms, ultimately undermining learning in public schools. Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto / FangXiaNuo. advertisement | advertise on newsday.and more »
  
  Read more

• Switching To Middle School Can Be Hard On Kids, But There Are Ways To Make It Better

  20-10-2017 12:00 via npr.org
  A new study shows students' self-image suffers in middle school and junior high. And it's not just hard on low-income kids. Having a teacher who understands the teenage brain can help.(Image credit: Sara Wong for NPR)
  
  Read more

• Limestone County teacher's long battle with breast cancer comes to an end - whnt.com

  20-10-2017 11:46 via whnt.com
  whnt.com
  Limestone County teacher's long battle with breast cancer comes to an end
  whnt.com
  LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. - East Limestone Middle School said goodbye to math teacher Teresa Wade this week. Wade had been fighting breast cancer for several years. "They told her last week when she went in there was nothing else they could do for ...
  
  Read more

• Florida teacher accused of molesting 13-year-old girl - Hamilton Journal News

  20-10-2017 11:16 via journal-news.com
  Hamilton Journal News
  Florida teacher accused of molesting 13-year-old girl
  Hamilton Journal News
  A Florida teacher and another man have been arrested after being accused of molesting a 13-year-old girl in a school classroom, Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies said. >> Read more trending news. Teacher and soccer coach, Sonny Juarez, 29, faces ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Glendale teacher homicide: What we know and what we don't - AZCentral.com

  20-10-2017 04:12 via azcentral.com
  AZCentral.com
  Glendale teacher homicide: What we know and what we don't
  AZCentral.com
  Police video shows the Aug. 20, 2017, arrest of Charlie Malzahn, the man being questioned in the disappearance of Glendale teacher Cathryn Gorospe. She was last seen Oct. 6 when she bailed Malzahn out of jail in Flagstaff. Williams Police Department.and more »
  
  Read more

• Former Valley teacher arrested for child molestation - KFSN-TV

  20-10-2017 03:37 via abc30.com
  KFSN-TV
  Former Valley teacher arrested for child molestation
  KFSN-TV
  Just a year after Chris Bispham arrived at Fresno Adventist Academy, Fresno Police believe he was sexually abusing students. (KFSN). KFSN. By Sontaya Rose. Thursday, October 19, 2017 09:30PM. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --. Just a year after Chris Bispham ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Substitute teacher in Texas allegedly duct-taped mouths of 10 elementary school students, school district says - ABC News

  20-10-2017 02:58 via abcnews.go.com
  New York Daily News
  Substitute teacher in Texas allegedly duct-taped mouths of 10 elementary school students, school district says
  ABC News
  A substitute teacher has been banned from the campus of an elementary school in Killeen, Texas, after she allegedly placed duct tape over the mouths of 10 students, according to the school district. The teacher was substituting a fifth-grade class at ...
  Substitute teacher duct tapes students' mouths at Texas elementary schoolNew York Daily News
  Texas teach
  
  Read more

• LI social studies teacher who inspires students wins national honor - Newsday

  20-10-2017 01:57 via newsday.com
  Newsday
  LI social studies teacher who inspires students wins national honor
  Newsday
  Fifth-graders inevitably find themselves drawn into Kate Hunter's social-studies lessons, whether the subject is bullying, homelessness or the sacrifice of World War 2 veterans who happened to be the students' great-grandparents. On Thursday, Oct. 19 ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Hartford School District Teacher on Leave After Incident With 11-Year-Old - NBC Connecticut

  20-10-2017 01:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  NBC Connecticut
  Hartford School District Teacher on Leave After Incident With 11-Year-Old
  NBC Connecticut
  A Hartford teacher has been placed on leave as officials investigate a complaint involving a female student. (Published Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017). A Hartford Public School teacher is on paid administrative leave connected to an investigation involving ...
  
  Read more

• South Florida teacher fired after throwing X-rated party - 7News - WSVN-TV

  20-10-2017 00:59 via wsvn.com
  7News - WSVN-TV
  South Florida teacher fired after throwing X-rated party
  7News - WSVN-TV
  NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A South Florida teacher has been fired after throwing an X-rated surprise party for a former student. The party took place at Mater Lakes Academy, which is a charter school for grades six through 12 in Northwest ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Former Roanoke middle school teacher guilty of felony sex offenses, judge rules - Roanoke Times

  20-10-2017 00:51 via roanoke.com
  Roanoke Times
  Former Roanoke middle school teacher guilty of felony sex offenses, judge rules
  Roanoke Times
  At the close of a bench trial that stretched from Wednesday into Thursday afternoon, a former Roanoke middle school teacher was found guilty of committing sexual and physical crimes against two students. Jeremy Nathaniel Pohlman, 36, previously taught ...
  Middle School teacher found guilty of touching student inappropriatelyWSETall 3 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Kansas science teacher accused of 'sexual relations' with student headed to trial - Fox News

  20-10-2017 00:40 via foxnews.com
  Fox News
  Kansas science teacher accused of 'sexual relations' with student headed to trial
  Fox News
  Gabrielle Bauman, 24, will appear in arraignment court next month after she was accused of having "sexual relations" with one of her students. (WIBW). A science teacher in Kansas is heading to trial after being accused of having sexual relations with a ...
  
  Read more

• Unknown Fire Hero: Santa Rosa Teacher Wants to Thank Man Who Saved Her Life - KQED

  20-10-2017 00:32 via ww2.kqed.org
  KQED
  Unknown Fire Hero: Santa Rosa Teacher Wants to Thank Man Who Saved Her Life
  KQED
  A screen capture from video of an unknown man who awakened Santa Rosa teacher Anna Solano as a wildfire approached her home early Oct. 9, 2017. Solano says she'd like to find the man and thank him for saving her life. (Courtesy of Anna Solano).and more »
  
  Read more

• Evanston high school officials apologize for alleged sexual abuse by former teacher - Chicago Tribune

  20-10-2017 00:08 via chicagotribune.com
  Chicago Tribune
  Evanston high school officials apologize for alleged sexual abuse by former teacher
  Chicago Tribune
  Evanston Township High School District 202 Superintendent Eric Witherspoon, pictured in this 2016 file photo, wrote a letter to Evanston Township High School students, families and alumni on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, regarding the allegations of sexual ...
  Former Students Describe Alleged Sexual Misconduct of Evanston TeacherChicago Tonight | WTTWall 5 news articles &raq
  
  Read more

• Evanston high school officials apologize for alleged sexual abuse by ... - Chicago Tribune

  20-10-2017 00:08 via chicagotribune.com
  Chicago Tribune
  Evanston high school officials apologize for alleged sexual abuse by ...
  Chicago Tribune
  Evanston superintendent Eric Witherspoon sent a statement to "students, families and staff" apologizing "for the pain certain individuals may be experiencing."
  Former Students Describe Alleged Sexual Misconduct of Evanston ...Chicago Tonight | WTTWall 5 news articles »
  
  Read more

Follow @Teacher_News_US on Twitter!