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Teacher Fired After Asking Kids About Her Love Life

Bronx 4th-graders 'counseled' Cassandre Fiering

(Newser) - New York City has dumped a substitute teacher after she asked a 4th-grade class in the Bronx what she should do about her love life. Cassandre Fiering, 45, acted out scenarios with the PS 189 class as they helped her choose between two 30-something men in her life, DNAinfo New...

'Ingenious' System Helps Teacher Spot Kids in Trouble

Students submit wish lists on seating, but it's not what they think: Momastery blogger

(Newser) - Momastery blogger Glennon Doyle Melton writes of an "ingenious" strategy one of her kid's teachers has used for years—every week since Columbine, in fact. On Fridays, the teacher asks each student to give her a list of four classmates with whom they'd like to sit...

Teacher's Ill-Advised Field Trip: to Strip Club

Plus: A teaching assistant accidentally emails nude pics to students

(Newser) - Here's an extracurricular activity that won't look so great on your kid's college applications: visiting a strip club with his chemistry teacher. Travis Lechien, 31, was fired from Indiana's Hanover Central High School on Tuesday for allegedly taking teens to a strip club to celebrate a...

Teach for America Fails Teachers
 Teach for America 
 Fails Teachers 
OPINION
Sep 23, 2013 11:44 AM CDT

Teach for America Fails Teachers

Olivia Blanchard explains why she quit after one year

(Newser) - Like all Teach for America teachers, Olivia Blanchard made a two-year commitment to the program—but she quit after just one, and in the Atlantic she explains why. TFA's five-week training program simply can't compare to the years of training and student teaching non-TFA teachers go through—and...

Teacher-Student Sex Isn&#39;t Necessarily a Crime
Teacher-Student Sex Isn't Necessarily a Crime
OPINION
Aug 31, 2013 11:54 AM CDT

Teacher-Student Sex Isn't Necessarily a Crime

Former lawyer argues that 'utter hysteria' over underage cases isn't helping

(Newser) - And the honors for most provocative op-ed go to former lawyer Betsy Karasik, who argues in the Washington Post that the nation must curb its "utter hysteria" over cases involving teachers having sex with underage students: "I don’t believe that all sexual conduct between underage students and...

Tiny Arkansas Town Arms 20 Teachers

They were each given $1,100 to buy handgun, holster

(Newser) - When school resumes in August, more than 20 teachers and other school employees in Clarksville, Ark., will carry concealed weapons throughout the school day, making use of a little-known Arkansas law that allows licensed, armed security guards on campus. Clarksville, a community of 9,200 people, isn't known for...

NYC Teacher Tells Kids to Write Suicide Notes

She's joined by a 2nd entrant to the Teacher Hall of Infamy this week

(Newser) - English teacher Jessica Barrish apparently doesn't follow international news: Just 6 months ago, a French teacher came under fire for asking her class of 13- and 14-year-olds to pen a suicide note; it didn't end well . Barrish apparently did the very same thing in May, asking students of...

5 Female Teachers Killed in Pakistan Attack

2 health workers also killed in ambush

(Newser) - Gunmen killed five female teachers and two other people today in an ambush on a van carrying workers home from their jobs at a community center in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The van was transporting teachers and aid workers from the center in conservative Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Two health workers,...

Utah Gun Group: We'll Train Teachers Free

Los Angeles gun buybacks do roaring trade

(Newser) - A Utah gun organization normally charges $50 for concealed-weapons training—but for teachers, the program is now free, the AP reports. "We're not suggesting that teachers roam the halls" looking for attackers, says the chair of the top state gun lobby, the Utah Shooting Sports Council. "They...

Texas Gun Store Owner Offers Teachers' Discount

In wake of Newtown shooting, they get 10% off his class

(Newser) - Some firearm purveyors may have decided to lie low in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, but not Crockett Keller—he's having a sale. The Texas gun store owner is offering local teachers a 10% discount on his concealed carry handgun classes, the Huffington Post reports. "I thought,...

Teachers Don't Strike Deal, But Remain Upbeat

Chicago board thinks it can get done by 2pm, teachers less sure

(Newser) - The Chicago Teachers Union and Public Schools Board failed to strike a deal in time to get kids back to classes today, but remain optimistic that something would get done sooner rather than later. Negotiations broke off around 12:45am, the Chicago Tribune reports, after what CPS Board President David...

Chicago Teachers&#39; Strike: Greed or Grit?
 Chicago Teachers' 
 Strike: Greed or Grit? 
OPINION
Sep 11, 2012 10:50 AM CDT

Chicago Teachers' Strike: Greed or Grit?

Either way, negotiations must be public

(Newser) - Unions began as a powerful and much-needed force for good, raising workers from "scraping out a meager living in low-paid and dangerous jobs into the middle class," and nowhere more so than in Chicago, writes Dennis Byrne in the Chicago Tribune . But the teachers' strike is a different...

Talks Collapse, Teachers to Strike in Chicago

No school for 350,000 kids: union

(Newser) - Contract negotiations have collapsed, and Chicago teachers are expected to walk out this morning for the first time in 25 years. "We have failed to reach an agreement that will prevent a labor strike," Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis announced last night. "This is a difficult...

Surprising Jobs That Earn 6 Figures

Elevator repairmen make the list

(Newser) - It's not just investment bankers, doctors, and the Waltons who earn sizable salaries. Forbes has compiled a list of 20 surprising occupations that pay out more than $100,000, at least for those in the top 10% of their professions. A sampling:

Obama to Create $1B Elite Teachers Corps

Participants will get $20k a year to share knowledge

(Newser) - President Obama has a new billion dollar idea to improve the US education system: Assemble an elite cadre of teachers, and give them each an extra $20,000 a year to share their techniques and knowledge with other teachers around the country. The administration plans to unveil the so-called "...

Hey, America: We Have Too Many Teachers

Andrew Coulson believes education staffing increases have been wasteful

(Newser) - President Obama wants Congress to send more money to states so they can "rehire even more teachers" and help America educate its way to prosperity. But Cato Institute education guru Andrew Coulson thinks it's time to do the exact opposite. "America's public schools have warehoused 3...

Romney: &#39;Forward&#39; Is &#39;Absurd&#39;
 Romney: 'Forward' Is 'Absurd' 
Jun 12, 2012 11:13 AM CDT

Romney: 'Forward' Is 'Absurd'

Mitt keeps trying to capitalize on Obama's 'private sector' gaffe

(Newser) - Mitt Romney kept on hammering President Obama's "private sector" gaffe on Fox and Friends today, telling the network that it was just one of a number of "very revealing comments that show just how far out of touch he is." In discussing the Federal Reserve's...

Cops: 'Teacher of the Year' Was Sexting With Teen

Male Texas teacher arrested days after receiving honor

(Newser) - A teacher in Texas is accused of sexting with a 15-year-old female student just days after he received his school's award for "Teacher of the Year." John McDaniel, 32, was taken into custody on the last day of school and charged with soliciting a minor online and...

NYC to Teachers: Don't 'Friend' Students

City sets new Facebook rules

(Newser) - Facing growing controversy over teachers contacting students online, New York City is taking matters into its own hands: The city has created its first set of rules regarding how teachers should operate on Facebook and beyond. Teachers are forbidden from "friending" students on Facebook and following them on Twitter,...

Florida Teacher Made Teens Wear 'Cone of Shame'

Yep, the kind of cone that dogs wear

(Newser) - Some teachers work their students like dogs—but in Florida, one science teacher apparently treated her students like canines. Laurie Bailey-Cutkomp, 47, made at least eight of her ninth-graders wear a "cone of shame" last month, reports the Tampa Bay Times . And this particular cone isn't a dunce...

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