via News5: A Garfield Heights teacher has been fired for allegedly providing alcohol to students. According to Trinity High School officials, the district was notified on May 4 about a teacher giving alcohol to students in the parking lot of a community event the night before. The teacher was immediately suspended and after an internal […]
via huffingtonpost: A Florida middle school teacher will keep his job after an investigation found he used a racial slur in front of students more than once and told them not to date black boys. David Swinyar, a 48-year-old math teacher at Kernan Middle School in Duval County, has also been accused by students of […]
via eurweb/KDKA A teacher in Pittsburgh was seriously injured by the parent of a student for taking away the child’s cellphone. Because of the school district’s no cellphone policy, teacher Janice Watkins, 46, confiscated the phone of a fourth grade student at Pittsburgh King PreK-8 School on the North Side. The child bit the teacher […]
INSTAGRAM One Atlanta teacher is facing criticism on social media for an outfit she wore to school. The Root reported that Patricia Brown, a fourth-grade teacher at a public school in Atlanta, wore a form-fitting dress in class and the now-deleted photo of her outfit, which was posted on her public Instagram page, went viral. […]
A first-time teacher may have discovered a surefire way get students excited for the dreaded first day of school by creating a catchy rap song. Dwayne Reed, a fourth-grade teacher in Chicago, created a song to replace the typical “Welcome Back” newsletters the school gives out, the description on the video’s YouTubepage reads. The song […]
In case you forget: You matter — a lot. And you’re annoying, sometimes, but for the most part, you’re amazing. “So go be great,” teacher Sinita Scott tells her seniors, who are crowded in the cafetorium on their last day of school. Scott teaches English at Robert A. Taft Information Technology High School in Cincinnati, […]
Most of us are lucky to have at least one teacher who molded us into the people that we are today. To commemorate National Teacher Appreciation Day on May 3, we’d like to hear your stories about the teacher that changed your life. How did they change your life for the better? What would you […]
If you’re a teacher who has ever taught K-12, do you ever think back and wonder what happened to some of those kids? Little Johnny, who worked your nerves because he always threw those doggone paper airplanes when he thought you weren’t looking. Nikki, who never seemed to be in a good mood. And David. […]
A Greene County teacher is in trouble after a girl recorded him allegedly answering her question by calling her “the dumbest girl I have ever met.” Shaniaya Hunter, a junior at Greene County High School, has an eye condition that sometimes has kept her out of class. In December, she was trying to catch up […]
A local teacher is helping young boys become young gentlemen. Every Wednesday nearly 60 students at Memminger Elementary dress for success and meet for the Gentleman’s Club. Raymond Nelson is the student support specialist at Memminger Elementary in Downtown Charleston. He works with at-risk children and over winter break thought of an idea to teach […]
Mom Demands Answers After Her Special-Needs Son Is Put In Trash Bag At Kindergarten http://t.co/k8aJKo5pVq pic.twitter.com/tTFwThpOmj — DiscoveryID (@DiscoveryID) September 28, 2015 The Chicago mother…
You can be used by God to make a difference. A Detroit physical education and health teacher was when she gave her student a new lease on life by donating a kidney. According to Detroit News, the school literally rolled out the red carpet for the ladies, who walked into the gymnasium arm-in-arm, smiling. Booth, […]
