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Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 11:53:38 +0000

Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December. Now, teachers are opening up about what they’d like to do to protect themselves in a School Improvement Network poll of nearly 11,000 educators from all 50 states. More than 72% claim they would [...]

Should Teachers Be Allowed to Strike? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:05:24 +0000

Chicago is in the midst of teacher strike that is affecting roughly 350,000 students. There is some debate over whether the strike is permitted under Illinois law since the unions’ list of grievances extends beyond pay and benefits — which are the only issues they have the legal right to strike over. But, regardless of that technicality, there is [...]

Russian Teacher Orders Students to Take a Bizarre 23-Hour Exam

Shauna Wright — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 11:43:04 +0000

Final exams are never fun, but for one university class in Russia, their test was particularly bad.

Not only did the instructor treat the class as her own personal happy hour, she also made it an impromptu sleepover.

North Carolina Teacher Caught On Video Stating Student Could Be Arrested For Obama Criticism

Billy Goforth — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:59:46 +0000

A North Rowan High School teacher is taking fire for telling a student that he could be arrested for being critical of President Obama.

Matt Damon & Mother Decline Award From NEA Teachers Union

Billy Goforth — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:59:07 +0000

Matt Damon and his mother, Dr. Nancy Carlsson-Paige, a professor of education, have both turned down the NEA’s Friend Of Education Award. The decision came about after they discovered that the president of the NEA co-authored an opinion article for USA Today. The article focused on evaluating and improving teacher training programs. But, according to [...]

Teacher Realizes 'The Daily Show' Is More Harmful to Students Than He Thought

Kathy Landin — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:45:22 +0000

Back in the day, high school classes would only show “how a bill becomes a law” videos, but Rhett Felix, a teacher at Eureka High school outside of Peoria, Illinois, tried to spice things up a bit. He used clips from Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart‘ to educate his students about current events, but the local school board placed him on paid suspension once word got out.

14-Year-Old Special Needs Student Bullied By Teachers

Lori Crofford — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:44:55 +0000

In a world where bullying is no longer acceptable, I find it completely outrageous that an educator would bully a child, a student they are supposed to be educating, and get away with it. That is what happened to a special needs student in Ohio.The 14-year-old had told her parents what was happening and they [...]

Teacher Keeps Class Calm By Singing During Gunfight

Billy Goforth — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:45:34 +0000

Not even gunfire can stop Barney.

A kindergarten teacher in Monterrey, Mexico named Martha Rivera Alanis has become a hero after she sang the purple dinosaur's 'If All the Raindrops' while a gang shootout took place outside.