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Will Jill Biden Keep Teaching When She Becomes First Lady?
If Jill Biden were to continue her teaching job when her husband takes the Oval Office, it would make her the first first lady with a job outside the White House
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Decapitated French Teacher Warned Not to Show Prophet Muhammad Images Before ‘Islamist' Attack
French authorities say a suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack
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No COVID-Related Spike of Teacher Retirements in Mass. Before School Year
The beginning of the school year amid the coronavirus pandemic did not lead to the surge of teacher retirements some had feared. That’s according to figures the NBC10 Investigators obtained from the Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System. Those stats show the roughly 2,600 retirement applications were actually a little below the average of 2,800 retirements over the previous five years. In…
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Inclusive Teacher: A Virtual Classroom Creating Buzz
The coronavirus pandemic has many teachers reinventing what education looks like. Many teachers have created “Virtual classrooms” for their students. But one texas teachers story has gone viral after a photo of her virtual classroom struck a nerve and sparked a debate on diversity and inclusion in the classroom nationwide. Colton Bradford has the story.
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Class During COVID: ‘This Is Not Business as Usual'
That’s according to Ned Parsons, the Head of School at The Rivers School in Weston. So just how different will the start of the school year be? A fascinating and thoughtful conversation on how independent schools are gearing up for a very different fall.
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Teacher Vanishes From Connecticut Home After Experiencing COVID-19 Symptoms
Nearly eight weeks have passed since a beloved Connecticut school teacher disappeared in the early morning hours of his 50th birthday on May 7, 2020, and family members are worried sick.
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A Teacher Explains How to Talk to Children About Racism
It’s never too early to start teaching children to be antiracist, said Brittany Smith, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Steps as simple as buying books that feature diverse faces is a good start.
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‘Tell Me What the Reality Looks Like': Trying to Stop Suicides as Social Media Explodes
When Dese’Rae Stage interviews survivors of suicide attempts for a website she created, she asks herself a question news reporters may not always consider: How much did it hurt? A survivor herself, she wants to be sure that readers of her website “Live Through This” come away with a real picture of suicide — no romance, no facile explanations and...
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Child Molester Victims to Get Nearly $11M in Settlement
Twelve former students of a man convicted of sexually abusing them when he was their teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area school will receive a combined $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit against the school, an attorney said.
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Many Homes Still Without Roofs in Puerto Rico, 2 Years After María
When Doña Milagros Matos Marquez and her husband Don Cruz Marquez received the news that Hurricane María was approaching Trujillo Alto in Puerto Rico, they expected some rain and maybe a little bit of wind, like with previous storms. Instead María blew their roof off once the storm made landfall exactly two years ago on Friday. In the months after...
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Virginia Teacher Arrested for Holding Student Upside Down: Police
A Virginia teacher was charged with assault after he allegedly grabbed an 11-year-old girl by the ankles and held her upside down. Tenkoran Agyeman, 40, was arrested Tuesday after the incident was reported to have occurred at Rippon Middle School in Woodbridge on Nov. 1 or Nov. 4, Prince William County police said Wednesday. Police say Agyeman grabbed the student…
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Former ‘DWTS' Dancer Slams Substitute Teacher Lecturing His Child for Having 2 Dads
A substitute teacher berated a Utah fifth grader after he said during a pre-Thanksgiving lesson that he was thankful he’s finally going to be adopted by his two dads, the parents said. The boy’s classmates said the teacher told him, “that’s nothing to be thankful for” and lectured the 30 kids in the class about her views on homosexuality. She...
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At This Boston School, Friendships Lift More Students to Graduation Day
Jason Moreno isn’t the type of student you’d expect to receive extra attention from his teachers. Moreno plays sports and serves on student council at the Snowden International School in Boston, where he’s a sophomore. Teachers say he’s bright and funny. He has plenty of friends, and he goes home each night to a supportive family.
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Friendships Lift Students to Graduation Day
A national program is giving teachers at a Boston school a chance to get to know their students as people.
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Gov. Charlie Baker Signs Bill With $1.5B in New School Spending
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed into law a bill that would provide $1.5 billion in new spending on the state’s K-12 education system when fully phased in over seven years. Supporters of the measure say it will help ensure schools have the resources needed to provide high quality education for students across Massachusetts, regardless of zip code or income...
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Baker Signs New $1.5B New School Spending Bill
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law Tuesday a bill that would provide $1.5 billion in new spending on the state’s K-12 education system when fully phased in over seven years.
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Ex-Vermont Teacher's Aide Accused of Sexual Assaulting Boy Released From Jail
A former Vermont teacher’s aide accused of sexually assaulting a young student has been released from jail.
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10-Year-Old Charged With Sex Offense at Maryland School
A 10-year-old has been charged with fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault for an incident at an elementary school, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
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Danvers School Teacher Accused of Sexually Assaulting Student
A teacher at a Massachusetts high school was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a student after a parent reported an incident they said took place at the school, police said. Robert Vandenbulcke, a 62-year-old culinary arts teacher at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School in Danvers, was arrested by state police at his home in Salisbury, police said.
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Teacher Accused of Sexual Assault of Student in Danvers Faces Judge
A Massachusetts teacher faced a judge on Thursday after being accused of sexually assaulting a student at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School in Danvers.