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• Suspect in accidental shooting of teacher confesses, apologizes to victims - ABC News

  07-02-2018 23:21 via abcnews.go.com
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  Suspect in accidental shooting of teacher confesses, apologizes to victims
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  The self-described “idiot” who accidentally shot a teacher in Queens has confessed and apologized, court records show. Snooze Brown, 23, had been arguing with his 19-year-old girlfriend, Monecha Sims, on Jan. 26 when he drew a gun and shot at her. He ...
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• Las Vegas teacher sent student nude photos, arrest report says - Las Vegas Review-Journal

  07-02-2018 23:10 via reviewjournal.com
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  Las Vegas teacher sent student nude photos, arrest report says
  Las Vegas Review-Journal
  A Las Vegas high school teacher engaged in improper sexual conduct with a teenage student for almost three years, sending him nude photos and explicit messages and attempting to arrange trysts at a hotel and her home, according to an arrest report ...
  Report: Sexual texts, photos led to teacher's arrestKLAS-TVall 2 news articles »
  
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• East Hampton teacher gets hero's welcome after 7 marathons in 7 days - Newsday

  07-02-2018 22:49 via newsday.com
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  East Hampton teacher gets hero's welcome after 7 marathons in 7 days
  Newsday
  Students pepper Cara Nelson with questions as she returns to school. Bret Parker, a part-time Sag Harbor resident, also completed the adventure. Teacher Cara Nelson shows off a present from seventh-grader Olivia Masone, 12, at East Hampton Middle ...and more »
  
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• Wake County high school teacher charged with possessing child pornography - News & Observer

  07-02-2018 22:44 via newsobserver.com
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  Wake County high school teacher charged with possessing child pornography
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  Fuquay-Varina Police arrested a Wake County public schools teacher Wednesday after discovering child pornography on his home computer. Kevin Christopher Chamberlain, an English teacher at Holly Springs High School, has been charged with six felony ...
  Holly Springs High School teacher charged with possessing, sharing child pornWRAL.com
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• Girl all smiles in viral photo after teacher shows up with identical hairdo - Atlanta Journal Constitution

  07-02-2018 22:01 via ajc.com
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  Girl all smiles in viral photo after teacher shows up with identical hairdo
  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  A photo of a Texas teacher and her young student has gone viral after the woman kept her word last week and showed up at school with a hairdo identical to the girl's. Leigh Bishop, a pre-K teacher at Lakeview Elementary in Sugar Land, is being called ...and more »
  
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• Teacher: It's unconstitutional to prohibit sex with students - New York Post

  07-02-2018 21:50 via nypost.com
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  Teacher: It's unconstitutional to prohibit sex with students
  New York Post
  A former teacher in Alabama is fighting for her right to have sex with students. Charli Jones Parker, 31, was convicted of having intercourse with two male 16-year-old students while she was a teacher at Pickens Academy. Now she wants her case ...
  
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• This Teacher Recreated Her 4-Year-Old Student's Hairstyle And, OK, I'm Crying, But You're Crying Too - BuzzFeed News

  07-02-2018 21:19 via buzzfeed.com
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  This Teacher Recreated Her 4-Year-Old Student's Hairstyle And, OK, I'm Crying, But You're Crying Too
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  "I thought, 'What better way to show her how she inspired me to feel beautiful?'" Posted on February 7, 2018, at 10:20 a.m.. Patrice Peck. BuzzFeed Staff. Share On facebook Share · Share On vk Share · Share On pinterest Share On pinterest Pin · Share ...
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• California teacher under fire for calling military personnel 'lowest of ... - ABC News

  07-02-2018 20:31 via abcnews.go.com
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  California teacher under fire for calling military personnel 'lowest of ...
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  Military veterans, parents and students are demanding that a California high school teacher be fired after he told students that the U.S. Armed Forces are for the "lowest of the low." Hundreds of people packed a school board meeting in Pico Rivera, a ...and more »
  
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• NC schools chief: Teacher-pay comment was 'inelegant.' Critics still aren't satisfied. - News & Observer

  07-02-2018 20:08 via newsobserver.com
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  NC schools chief: Teacher-pay comment was 'inelegant.' Critics still aren't satisfied.
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  In the wake of his controversial statements on teacher pay, State Schools Superintendent Mark Johnson says he used “less-than-stellar phrasing” when he said $35,000 was good money for young teachers in rural parts of North Carolina. Groups such as the ...and more »
  
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• Jeff Bezos wishes his 4th grade teacher a happy 80th birthday in this sweet video: 'Great teachers do change lives' - CNBC

  07-02-2018 19:56 via cnbc.com
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  Jeff Bezos wishes his 4th grade teacher a happy 80th birthday in this sweet video: 'Great teachers do change lives'
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  Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos is the richest person in the world, according to Forbes, with a net worth of more than $120 billion. In addition to running the e-commerce behemoth Amazon, he is also the founder of aerospace company, Blue ...and more »
  
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• Teacher allegedly groped teen, asked him to 'send nudes' | New ... - New York Post

  07-02-2018 19:16 via nypost.com
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  Teacher allegedly groped teen, asked him to 'send nudes' | New ...
  New York Post
  A teacher in Georgia was arrested after allegedly groping a 15-year-old student and telling the boy via Snapchat to “send nudes,” authorities said. Ryan...and more »
  
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• Teacher accused of ordering students to exercise naked at NJ private school - NJ.com

  07-02-2018 17:45 via nj.com
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  Teacher accused of ordering students to exercise naked at NJ private school
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  A former teacher at one of New Jersey's most prestigious private schools is accused of repeatedly taking students into the showers and ordering them to perform naked pushups and other exercises as he watched decades ago, according to the school. From ...
  
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• When Students Assault Teachers, Effects Can Be Lasting - Education Week

  07-02-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  In the 2015-16 school year, more than 200,000 teachers were physically attacked by a student. But assaults on teachers can have lasting effects.
  
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• Puerto Rico's Governor Seeks Charter Schools, Raises for Teachers - Education Week

  07-02-2018 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Puerto Rico's governor announced that he will push to create charter schools and vouchers and give all public school teachers their first raise in a decade.
  
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• BREAKING: Local teacher charged with indecent liberties with student - StarNewsOnline.com

  07-02-2018 16:41 via starnewsonline.com
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  BREAKING: Local teacher charged with indecent liberties with student
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  NEW HANOVER COUNTY --- A New Hanover County high school teacher was arrested late Tuesday on allegations of indecent liberties with a student and sexual exploitation of a minor. Few details were immediately available Wednesday morning in the arrest of ...and more »
  
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• Fourth School Reveals a Teacher's Abuse - New York Times

  07-02-2018 16:40 via nytimes.com
  New York Times
  Fourth School Reveals a Teacher's Abuse
  New York Times
  Frederic Lyman taught English at four private schools in the late 1970s and early 1980s. At all four of them, he is now known to have engaged in sexual misconduct with students, abetted by administrators who kept his behavior quiet, and allowed him to ...
  
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• 'Send nudes' the message read. It was from the high schooler's music teacher, cops say - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

  07-02-2018 14:27 via ledger-enquirer.com
  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
  'Send nudes' the message read. It was from the high schooler's music teacher, cops say
  Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
  When Ryan Harvey, now 24 and a graduate of Columbus State University's Schwob School of Music, returned to his hometown high school to teach in 2016, he told the Henry Herald he was "a little nervous" because he was "not too far removed from my ...
  
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• Former South St. Paul teacher sentenced to 3 years for pharmacy robberies - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

  07-02-2018 14:26 via twincities.com
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  Former South St. Paul teacher sentenced to 3 years for pharmacy robberies
  TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
  A former special-education teacher for South St. Paul schools was sentenced Tuesday in Dakota County District Court to three years in prison for twice robbing a West St. Paul pharmacy at gunpoint for prescription pain pills. Melanie Sue Parkin, 37, of ...
  
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• WITN Teacher of the Week: Felicia Martin from Lakeforest Elementary School - WITN

  07-02-2018 12:54 via witn.com
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  WITN Teacher of the Week: Felicia Martin from Lakeforest Elementary School
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  PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - The WITN Teacher of the Week for Wednesday, February 7 is Felicia Martin from Lakeforest Elementary School in Pitt County. Felicia Martin is a Kindergarten teacher in her eight year of teaching. She currently works at ...
  
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• 'I'm in love' Teacher who 'romped with student' told cops she was besotted - Daily Star

  07-02-2018 12:03 via dailystar.co.uk
  Daily Star
  'I'm in love' Teacher who 'romped with student' told cops she was besotted
  Daily Star
  AN ATHLETICS teacher accused of having sex with a student told police that she was in love with him, according to reports. By Jamie Micklethwaite / Published 7th February 2018. Play Video. Play. Mute. 0:00. /. 0:00. Loaded: 0%. Progress: 0%. Stream ...
  
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• Putin Inherits High School Teacher's Apartment in Central Tel Aviv - Haaretz

  07-02-2018 10:23 via haaretz.com
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  Putin Inherits High School Teacher's Apartment in Central Tel Aviv
  Haaretz
  Russian President Vladimir Putin inherited the 1 1/2-bedroom apartment from his former high school German teacher, Mina Yuditskaya Berliner, who died in December at 96, Ynet reported. Berliner left the apartment to Putin via the Russian Embassy. It was ...
  
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• Black-teacher push in central Arkansas school district outlined - Arkansas Online

  07-02-2018 10:19 via arkansasonline.com
  Black-teacher push in central Arkansas school district outlined
  Arkansas Online
  A leader in the effort to staff the new Jacksonville/North Pulaski School District urged principals to employ at least one black teacher for every core academic subject area -- math, English, science and social studies -- in the middle and high schools ...and more »
  
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• Mom: Teacher bit her 4-year-old's finger, causing infection - Fox News

  07-02-2018 10:01 via foxnews.com
  Mom: Teacher bit her 4-year-old's finger, causing infection
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  WALKERTOWN, N.C. – Authorities in North Carolina are investigating a parent's report of a teacher biting her 4-year-old daughter. Dominique Davis tells the Winston-Salem Journal she contacted Middle Fork Elementary School staff after noticing dried ...
  Forsyth County woman claims 4-year-old daughter was bitten by teachermyfox8.comall 6 news articles »
  
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• Washington state teacher caught on camera shoving student - KPTV.com

  07-02-2018 09:39 via kptv.com
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  Washington state teacher caught on camera shoving student
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  (CNN) – A high school teacher near Seattle is on administrative leave after an incident involving a student. Cellphone video of the encounter appears to show the teacher pushing the student. Other students recorded the incident at Sequoyah Middle ...and more »
  
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• Kansas community comes together to try to save teacher from deportation - wtvr.com

  07-02-2018 02:04 via wtvr.com
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  Kansas community comes together to try to save teacher from deportation
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  College chemistry teacher Syed Ahmed Jamal was in his front yard in Lawrence, Kansas, getting ready to take two of his three kids to school when he was handcuffed and taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but his family and ...and more »
  
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• How This Pre-K Teacher Inspired A Student To Embrace Her Natural Hairstyle - Refinery29

  07-02-2018 01:06 via refinery29.com
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  How This Pre-K Teacher Inspired A Student To Embrace Her Natural Hairstyle
  Refinery29
  We've said it before and we'll say it again: representation matters, especially at a young age. Children aren't just sponges — they mimic what they see and carry those learnings for life. Leigha Bishop, a pre-kindergarten educator at Lakeview ...and more »
  
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• Second-grade teacher dies of complications from the flu | New York ... - New York Post

  07-02-2018 00:58 via nypost.com
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  Second-grade teacher dies of complications from the flu | New York ...
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  A second-grade teacher in Texas died of complications from the flu, according to school officials. Heather Holland, a 38-year-old Bose Ikard Elementary teacher,...
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• Did a Pennsylvania Teacher Assign Math Homework That Referred to Sexual Assault? - Snopes.com

  07-02-2018 00:43 via snopes.com
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  Did a Pennsylvania Teacher Assign Math Homework That Referred to Sexual Assault?
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  Students at Pennridge High School were asked to solve algebra formulas using vignettes from the difficult early life of Maya Angelou; Internet outrage ensued. Catalin Petolea / Shutterstock.com. 39. CLAIM. A teacher assigned math homework that included ...
  
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