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Opinion: Students Should Not 'Friend' Teachers Online

by Honey Berk, Posted Aug 13th 2010 4:30PM

Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone! Credit: jupiterimages
Kids: Friending your teachers on Facebook is a bad idea. Period. In a recent story, high school physics teacher Peter Kupfer tells the Chicago Tribune he is "not worried about ...
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States To Establish Uniform Standards for Teaching

by Associated Press, Posted Jun 2nd 2010 4:00PM

The new standards have already been adopted by four states. Credit: Getty Images
SUWANEE, Ga. (AP) - For the first time, states have joined to establish what students should know by the time they graduate high school. Governors, state ...
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Survey: Teachers Believe in High Expectations, but Standards Fall Short in Practice

by Colleen Egan, Posted Mar 15th 2010 5:00PM

There are "significant gaps" in teacher and student perceptions about academic success. Credit: Getty Images
Aim high, achieve low? According to new research, educators strongly believe in the importance of high standards for students, but ...
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LA School Board Approves Controversial Reform Plan

by Elizabeth Humphrey, Posted Mar 11th 2010 6:00PM

In what could become an example for school districts nationwide, the Los Angeles school board passed a controversial plan last month that will let teachers manage nearly two dozen schools in the state's largest district. Ramon C. Cortines, the ...
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Make the Most of Parent-Teacher Conferences

by Elizabeth Humphrey, Posted Mar 3rd 2010 9:00AM

Arrive prepared. Credit: Getty Images
Parent-teacher conferences are a time when the playing field levels. Many school districts have mandatory policies on these meetings and frequently these conferences last from 10 to 20 minutes per student. ...
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Teachers' 'Lap Dance' Raises Questions About Appropriate Behaviour

by Shelley White, Posted Feb 26th 2010 2:00PM

The videotaped "lap dance" between two teachers at Winnipeg's Churchill High School has parents and students across the country weighing in on what is appropriate behaviour for teachers. The two teachers performed a dance at a school spirit rally. ...
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U.S. Secretary of Education Lauds Decision to Fire Entire School Staff

by Amy Hatch, Posted Feb 24th 2010 2:03PM

Superintendent Frances Gallo followed through on her controversial plan to fire all the teachers at Central Falls High School in Rhode Island Feb. 23, after the district and the teachers union failed to come to an agreement about how to fix the ...
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Teachers Pass Out Treats In Pill Bottle to Calm Test Anxiety

by Amy Hatch, Posted Feb 11th 2010 8:00AM

Two teachers gave their students candy in a pill bottle and at least one caregiver says that sends a bad message. Credit: Charles Williams, Flickr
Two Florida teachers tried to "mellow out" their fourth grade students by passing out mint candies ...
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Kid Almost Suspended for Bringing Tiny Toy Gun to School

by Brett Singer, Posted Feb 5th 2010 9:00AM

Patrick Timoney, 9, holds the small plastic gun that almost got the fourth grader suspended. Credit: Nicholas Fevelo, New York Daily News
School safety is important, but some are saying an elementary school principal overreacted when she saw one ...
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California Law Gives Powers to Parents, Troubles Teachers

by Tom Henderson, Posted Feb 1st 2010 2:30PM

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an education reform bill Jan. 7 that has the state's teachers peering out their windows looking for villagers with torches and pitchforks. Teachers are worried because the new "parent trigger" law gives ...
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Should Districts Get a Cut When Teachers Sell Lesson Plans Online?

by Amy Hatch, Posted Jan 26th 2010 9:30AM

The growing online market for lesson plans has school districts asking if the trend is ethical -- and whether or not the schools deserve a cut of the profits. Thousands of teachers are turning to online auction sites, such as ...
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Bad Phys. Ed. Teachers Can Turn Kids Off Fitness For Life

by Shelley White, Posted Jan 11th 2010 3:00PM

The gym teacher has always gotten a bad rap in pop culture. From Billy Bob Thornton's sadistic Mr. Woodcock to Glee's cold-hearted cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, phys. ed. instructors are often depicted as mean and monstrous figures who scream ...
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First-Grade Teacher Cuts Off Student's Braid

by Brett Singer, Posted Dec 14th 2009 4:42PM

Milwaukee first grader Lamya Cammon was told by her teacher to stop playing with her hair. When she kept doing it, the teacher cut off the 7-year-old's braid. The little girl told Milwaukee's News12 that the teacher, whose name was not ...
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Female Teachers Caught Nude Together in Brooklyn HS Classroom

by Brett Singer, Posted Dec 9th 2009 3:01PM

Two female teachers were allegedly caught nude together in a classroom in Brooklyn, according to a story in the New York Daily News. The women are both language teachers at James Madison High School. According to the newspaper, the linguists were ...
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Teachers Using Cell Phones As Educational Tool

by Amy Hatch, Posted Dec 7th 2009 12:00PM

Students once banned from using their cell phones in class are now being asked to use them for school work. Credit: khedara, Flickr.
Teachers who once viewed cell phones as their natural enemy are now embracing them as a technological tool that ...
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