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• East Hartford teacher of the year finally can’t refuse the honor - Hartford Courant

  31-05-2019 23:33 via courant.com
  East Hartford teacher of the year finally can’t refuse the honor  Hartford CourantCynthia Dee held balloons and hugged former students who made a surprise visit to her classroom Friday after school officials named her district teacher of the ...
  
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• Loudoun County teacher charged after allegedly kissing juvenile student - Loudoun Times-Mirror

  31-05-2019 23:16 via loudountimes.com
  Loudoun County teacher charged after allegedly kissing juvenile student  Loudoun Times-MirrorA Loudoun County Public Schools teacher was arrested Friday and charged with simple assault and battery after he allegedly kissed a juvenile student on the ...
  
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• Teacher under fire for labeling her students as 'illegal' in tweets to Trump - NBC News

  31-05-2019 23:07 via nbcnews.com
  Teacher under fire for labeling her students as 'illegal' in tweets to Trump  NBC NewsA Texas teacher is currently on administrative leave after reporting undocumented students in her school district through a series of tweets addressed at President Donald Trump. Georgia Clark, who is still listed as an English teacher on the Carter-Riverside High School website, tweeted that the school she worked on had been “taken over” by “illegal students from Mexico,” addin
  
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• Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after pro-Israel backlash - JTA News

  31-05-2019 22:50 via jta.org
  Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after pro-Israel backlash  JTA NewsCHICAGO (JTA) — A high school district with a large Jewish population has withdrawn its recommendation of an optional training opportunity for teachers called “Teaching Palestine” after local teachers, synagogues and national organizations protested. The training was one of several offered to high school teachers in a section of north suburban Chicago. One of th
  
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• Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after members of Jewish community call it one-sided - JTA News

  31-05-2019 22:50 via jta.org
  Chicago-area high school pulls support for teacher training on Palestine after members of Jewish community call it one-sided  JTA NewsCHICAGO (JTA) — A high school district with a large Jewish population has withdrawn its recommendation of an optional training opportunity for teachers called ...
  
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• Teacher guilty of forgery on guardianship document - Journal & Courier

  31-05-2019 22:36 via jconline.com
  Teacher guilty of forgery on guardianship document  Journal & CourierTecumseh Junior High School teacher Amy L. Martin forged a temporary guardianship document early in 2018.
  
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• Affidavit: Ex-teacher fondled girl, gave her candy not to tell - KWTX

  31-05-2019 22:31 via kwtx.com
  Affidavit: Ex-teacher fondled girl, gave her candy not to tell  KWTXA retired Central Texas kindergarten teacher charged with indecency with a child/sexual contact, fondled a female student daily over the course of five months ...
  
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• Teacher Fosters His 13-Year-Old Student in Need of Kidney to Help Him Make Transplant List - PEOPLE.com

  31-05-2019 22:07 via people.com
  Teacher Fosters His 13-Year-Old Student in Need of Kidney to Help Him Make Transplant List  PEOPLE.comFinn Lanning took in his homeless 7th-grade student to help him land a transplant.
  
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• Lynnwood teacher bringing young students along virtually on Arctic expedition to study polar bears - KIRO Seattle

  31-05-2019 21:53 via kiro7.com
  Lynnwood teacher bringing young students along virtually on Arctic expedition to study polar bears  KIRO SeattleA Lynnwood elementary school teacher is about to embark on a mission to study polar bears in the Arctic, and her students are playing a key role back at home.
  
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• NC says average teacher salary is $53,975. Public School Forum calls that a ‘myth.’ - Durham Herald Sun

  31-05-2019 21:26 via heraldsun.com
  NC says average teacher salary is $53,975. Public School Forum calls that a ‘myth.’  Durham Herald SunNorth Carolina says that the average teacher salary is $53,975. But a new report calls that figure misleading and a “myth,” with most teachers making less than that amount. The report from the Public School Forum of North Carolina found that the average teacher salary in more than 80 percent of the state’s school districts fell below the reported state ave
  
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• Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Being Accused of Selling Black Students in Mock Slave Auction - The Root

  31-05-2019 21:00 via theroot.com
  Teacher Placed on Administrative Leave After Being Accused of Selling Black Students in Mock Slave Auction  The RootI've never participated in a mock slave auction, but I would imagine a fourth-grade classroom isn't the ideal place to have one—especially in 2019. Yet here we ...
  
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• Texas teacher seen racing tornado to warn parents of danger - Fox News

  31-05-2019 20:23 via foxnews.com
  Texas teacher seen racing tornado to warn parents of danger  Fox NewsA photo shows a brave Texas teacher racing a tornado to warn parents waiting in a carpool line for their children to take cover.
  
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• Walnut Hills teacher faces judge, accused of having inappropriate relationship with student - WLWT Cincinnati

  31-05-2019 19:32 via wlwt.com
  Walnut Hills teacher faces judge, accused of having inappropriate relationship with student  WLWT CincinnatiA Walnut Hills High School teacher is in Hamilton County Jail after being arrested in Kentucky on multiple felony charges. He's accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. According to officials with the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, Jeremy Collins was arrested following an investigation by the Cheviot Police Department and the Regional Electronics and Com
  
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• Laney High School’s teacher cadet program going strong for 19 years and counting - WECT

  31-05-2019 19:16 via wect.com
  Laney High School’s teacher cadet program going strong for 19 years and counting  WECTWhen Rick Holliday, then the principal at Laney High School, approached Richelle Dombroski in 2000 about leading a teacher cadet program at Laney, ...
  
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• Wedding DJ Who Killed, Sexually Assaulted Teacher Then Went Home to Unsuspecting Fiancée - PEOPLE.com

  31-05-2019 18:56 via people.com
  Wedding DJ Who Killed, Sexually Assaulted Teacher Then Went Home to Unsuspecting Fiancée  PEOPLE.comDateline interviews the former wife of a killer serving life in prison for murdering 25-year-old teacher Christy Mirack in 1992.
  
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• Teacher turnover soars in Texas public schools - Houston Chronicle

  31-05-2019 18:00 via houstonchronicle.com
  Teacher turnover soars in Texas public schools  Houston Chronicle Nearly 1 in 3 public school teachers in Texas call it quits before reaching their sixth school year, according to recently released state data, and education advocates are split on whether billions of state dollars recently approved for raises will persuade teachers to stay longer. The teacher turnover rate slipped to 31.3 percent in 2018 but has remained relatively constant over the past four years as Texas lawmakers an
  
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• Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom

  31-05-2019 15:00 via npr.org
  Facebook, Google and other tech giants have been hit with problems they didn't anticipate their software creating. An MIT professor is teaching students that ethics is essential to their future work.(Image credit: Courtesy of Kim Martineau, MIT Quest for Intelligence)
  
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• Science teacher-turned bank founder and Caven-Williams namesake Jerry Caven dies - boisedev.com

  31-05-2019 14:31 via boisedev.com
  Science teacher-turned bank founder and Caven-Williams namesake Jerry Caven dies  boisedev.comEagle business owner and philanthropist Jerry Caven died last week. He started his career as a science teacher at Hillside Junior High – but took a detour into ...
  
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• Mock slave auction: Watertown, New York teacher on leave after allegedly making black students act as slaves - CBS News

  31-05-2019 12:59 via cbsnews.com
  Mock slave auction: Watertown, New York teacher on leave after allegedly making black students act as slaves  CBS NewsFourth-grade teacher on administrative leave after being accused of having white students bid on black classmates during a mock slave auction.
  
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• Rapper Lil Nas X Performs For Elementary School Children

  31-05-2019 12:30 via npr.org
  Lil Nas X was taken by surprise when he began his song "Old Town Road," and the kids started dancing and jumping — and basically took over.
  
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• Boy, 14, charged with armed carjacking of Whitney Young High School teacher - Chicago Sun-Times

  31-05-2019 12:27 via chicago.suntimes.com
  Boy, 14, charged with armed carjacking of Whitney Young High School teacher  Chicago Sun-TimesA 14-year-old boy is charged with two felony counts of aggravated vehicular hijacking, police said.
  
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• Suspended Southeast Polk Substitute Teacher Lois Johnson Speaks Out - WHO TV Des Moines

  31-05-2019 12:25 via whotv.com
  Suspended Southeast Polk Substitute Teacher Lois Johnson Speaks Out  WHO TV Des MoinesDES MOINES, Iowa -- Ask any teacher and they'll likely agree every day is different. But substitute teacher Lois Johnson says she always begins class the same ...
  
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• Need for teacher diversity is focus of forum - Newsday

  31-05-2019 12:23 via newsday.com
  Need for teacher diversity is focus of forum  NewsdayExpanding the racial and ethnic diversity of educators in Long Island's public schools is the focus of a forum Friday at Hofstra University, sponsored by a coalition ...
  
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• New York Teacher Made Black Students Act as Slaves in Mock Auction, Told Them to Call White Students Playing Owners 'Master' - Newsweek

  31-05-2019 11:39 via newsweek.com
  New York Teacher Made Black Students Act as Slaves in Mock Auction, Told Them to Call White Students Playing Owners 'Master'  NewsweekA school in New York is investigating claims that one its teachers got black students to pretend to be slaves in a mock auction during a school lesson.
  
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• A ‘forever teacher’ retires as principal of Philly’s storied Girls’ High - Philly.com

  31-05-2019 11:02 via philly.com
  A ‘forever teacher’ retires as principal of Philly’s storied Girls’ High  Philly.comI'm still jumping double dutch. I get on the dance floor on proms. I introduce myself to all the dates. I must know everybody,” said Parthenia Moore, principal of ...
  
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• Marathon Spelling Bee Ends With Historic 8 Co-Champions

  31-05-2019 11:01 via npr.org
  The Scripps National Spelling Bee ends with a record eight co-champions. The eight finalists out-spelled 557 other contestants ranging in age from 7 to 15 over the course of three days.
  
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• Teacher turnover remains high in Texas public schools - Houston Chronicle

  31-05-2019 11:00 via houstonchronicle.com
  Teacher turnover remains high in Texas public schools  Houston ChronicleNearly one in three public school teachers in Texas call it quits before reaching their sixth school year, according to recently released state data, and education ...
  
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• Dallas ISD Officials Unveil Teacher Pay Raise Proposal - Dallas Observer

  31-05-2019 11:00 via dallasobserver.com
  Dallas ISD Officials Unveil Teacher Pay Raise Proposal  Dallas ObserverDallas school officials offered a first glimpse of a proposed teacher pay raise during a meeting Thursday.
  
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• Colorado teacher provides home to help foster child, 13, get kidney transplant - Fox News

  31-05-2019 10:02 via foxnews.com
  Colorado teacher provides home to help foster child, 13, get kidney transplant  Fox NewsWhen a Colorado boy in foster care was bumped off the list to receive a kidney transplant due to a lack of stable housing, one teacher decided to step in to help ...
  
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• Erynn Hayes: Let's compare teacher and legislator pay - Arizona Daily Star

  31-05-2019 09:00 via tucson.com
  Erynn Hayes: Let's compare teacher and legislator pay  Arizona Daily StarArizona Rep. Kelly Townsend, a Phoenix-. area Republican, recently posted a poll on Facebook asking if legislators in the state of Arizona deserve a raise.
  
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• Preschool teacher snags attention of 'The Rock,' becomes a Titan - KCRA Sacramento

  31-05-2019 08:11 via kcra.com
  Preschool teacher snags attention of 'The Rock,' becomes a Titan  KCRA SacramentoThink you have what it takes to be a Titan? Preschool teacher Nichole Root wasn't sure when she turned in an application to be on the inaugural season of "The ...
  
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• Richmond teacher pressuring students to fight in class, parent says - KRON4

  31-05-2019 06:36 via kron4.com
  Richmond teacher pressuring students to fight in class, parent says  KRON4These are students at Lavonya Dejean Middle School in Richmond throwing swings and punches at each other during class time.
  
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• A teacher, a police chief, and a survivor talk about gun reform - CBS19 News

  31-05-2019 06:16 via cbs19news.com
  A teacher, a police chief, and a survivor talk about gun reform  CBS19 NewsThe Charlottesville chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America held a panel Thursday with a teacher, a police chief, and a mother of a slain son, ...
  
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• Colorado teacher adopts sick student to help him get kidney transplant - KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake City

  31-05-2019 05:37 via fox13now.com
  Colorado teacher adopts sick student to help him get kidney transplant  KSTU FOX 13 Salt Lake CityAURORA, Colo. – They started the school year as strangers and they are ending the year as family. “I started this school year like a regular school year and Damien like a regular student,” AXL Academy math teacher Finn Lanning said. Lanning said the 7th-grade student is exceptionally bright. “One day, he showed up and just said he wasn’t going to be back anymo
  
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• Colorado teacher takes in 13-year-old student to help him get kidney transplant - New York Daily News

  31-05-2019 05:23 via nydailynews.com
  Colorado teacher takes in 13-year-old student to help him get kidney transplant  New York Daily NewsA Colorado middle school teacher went above and beyond to help a student when he allowed a 13-year-old in desperate need of a kidney transplant to come ...
  
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• Image Captures Rockwall Tornado, Teacher's Heroic Actions - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

  31-05-2019 04:32 via nbcdfw.com
  Image Captures Rockwall Tornado, Teacher's Heroic Actions  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort WorthWith just minutes left to go before Wednesday dismissal, on the next to last day of school at Hays Elementary in Rockwall, excited students and their teachers ...
  
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• Boston And Teacher Union Reach Tentative Contract Adding Nurses, Counselors - WBUR

  31-05-2019 04:01 via wbur.org
  Boston And Teacher Union Reach Tentative Contract Adding Nurses, Counselors  WBURAfter more than a year of negotiations, Boston Public Schools arrived at a tentative agreement for a three-year contract with the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) ...
  
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• Conway student gives teacher dancing exam after acing her own exam - wpde.com

  31-05-2019 02:19 via wpde.com
  Conway student gives teacher dancing exam after acing her own exam  wpde.comEnd of course assessments are a reality that 21st-century students can't ignore, but in one case the perfect score translates to dancing with joy, alongside the ...
  
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• Retired local kindergarten teacher charged with child indecency - KWTX

  31-05-2019 01:33 via kwtx.com
  Retired local kindergarten teacher charged with child indecency  KWTXA retired Central Texas kindergarten teacher arrested Thursday on a warrant charting indecency with a child/sexual contact stemming from allegations of ...
  
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• Teacher 'took away my innocence,' rape victim says - Newsday

  31-05-2019 01:05 via newsday.com
  Teacher 'took away my innocence,' rape victim says  NewsdayAn 18-year-old woman on Thursday confronted the former Lawrence Woodmere Academy teacher who admitted to raping her when she was his student, saying ...
  
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• Former Bronx teacher raped by city cop returns to Albany to fight for ‘rape is rape’ bill - New York Daily News

  31-05-2019 00:47 via nydailynews.com
  Former Bronx teacher raped by city cop returns to Albany to fight for ‘rape is rape’ bill  New York Daily NewsALBANY — A former Bronx schoolteacher sexually assaulted at gunpoint by an off-duty NYPD cop nearly a decade ago returned to the state capital Thursday to ...
  
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• Principal's affair with teacher apparently cost him his job - Colorado Springs Gazette

  31-05-2019 00:44 via gazette.com
  Principal's affair with teacher apparently cost him his job  Colorado Springs GazetteHolmes Middle School's principal lost his job last fall after an angry husband caught the principal and a teacher having oral sex in her car, police said in an ...
  
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• Teacher killer will rot in prison for the rest of his days for taking life of beloved middle school educator in bungled burglary - NJ.com

  31-05-2019 00:41 via nj.com
  Teacher killer will rot in prison for the rest of his days for taking life of beloved middle school educator in bungled burglary  NJ.comAn Asbury Park man who was one of three burglars who broke into the wrong apartment and murdered a teacher was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.
  
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• Santa Rosa teacher arrested, accused of inappropriately texting 13-year-old student - WEAR

  31-05-2019 00:40 via weartv.com
  Santa Rosa teacher arrested, accused of inappropriately texting 13-year-old student  WEARA Sims Middle School teacher has been arrested for allegedly inappropriately texting a student. 30-year-old Christopher Johnson is accused of sending ...
  
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• New Bedford Top Teacher Shares Passion For Running With Her Students - CBS Boston

  31-05-2019 00:33 via boston.cbslocal.com
  New Bedford Top Teacher Shares Passion For Running With Her Students  CBS BostonNEW BEDFORD (CBS) – This month's WBZ Eye On Education “Top Teacher” is Rebecca Cotugno – an avid runner and marathoner who is sharing her passion ...
  
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• Mother 'shocked' after school admits teacher slapped child with his own shoe - CBS17.com

  31-05-2019 00:19 via cbs17.com
  Mother 'shocked' after school admits teacher slapped child with his own shoe  CBS17.comA mother in Tappahannock is upset after her child was struck at school at the hands of their teacher.
  
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• Mother 'shocked' after school admits teacher slapped child with his own shoe - 8News

  31-05-2019 00:19 via wric.com
  Mother 'shocked' after school admits teacher slapped child with his own shoe  8NewsA mother in Tappahannock is upset after her child was struck at school at the hands of their teacher. . News, weather, sports, headlines for Central Virginia and ...
  
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