DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit public school district has fired a teacher after she used a broomstick to try and break up a fight between two teenage boys. Cell phone video obtained by WJBK-TV and aired Tuesday shows the boys slugging it out in a Pershing High School ninth-grade classroom. The video also shows the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite. New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to this “diversity gap” at elementary […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Essay optional. No penalties for wrong answers. The SAT college entrance exam is undergoing sweeping revisions. Changes in the annual test that millions of students take will also do away with some vocabulary words such as “prevaricator” and “sagacious” in favor of words more commonly used in school and on the job. […]
21-year-old Cristy Nicole Deweese was living her dream as a high school Spanish teacher when her past overshadowed the good work she was doing as a teacher. Three years ago, Deweese posed in Playboy and was featured as “Coed of the Month” and parents at the Townview Magnet High School are outraged over the photos. […]
Tom and the crew open the show talking about the dispute between CBS and Time Warner, hot weather and spanks, and Houston searching for teachers.
This is a little ironic because it’s during Teacher Appreciation Week, but at a Duncanville High School student criticized his teacher for being uninspiring…
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey second-grade teacher will appeal his firing for insubordination and inappropriate behavior, including urinating in class, his lawyer says. The Record newspaper reports Ron Tuitt released a statement in which he denied sending students to flush bottles of his urine. He has taught in Paterson’s schools since 1996. State […]
Barry Browner, a Georgia teacher and coach has been fired over his involvement in a Harlem Shake video. Despite the firing, Browner is in good spirits, tweeting: “I think I will be ok…. I’m well versed EDUCATED and dont Stutter…..” Adding, “Crazy 24 hours…….just glad I got real friends and family. …:-):-):-).” Browner was initially […]
A fight erupted between a student and a math teacher at a Stockton, Calif. high school. In the cell phone footage, the teacher is seen confiscating the student’s make-up before a shoving match ensues which leads to the duo being pulled off of each other. The student, 15-year-old Martina Martinez, admits that she should not […]
SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A Selma high school teacher has been arrested on sex crime charges after authorities say she had inappropriate relationships with two students. The Selma Times-Journal reports LaTengela Williams, a health teacher at Selma High School, was jailed Friday with bond set at more than $1 million. District Attorney Michael Jackson says […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will furlough about 15,000 military school teachers and staff around the world because of the automatic budget cuts that took effect last Friday, but spokesman George Little said Monday the department will manage the process so the schools don’t lose their accreditation. Little said the military will also close all […]
