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NEWS ABOUT: teachers

teachers stories: 18 news summaries


 Writing's on the Wall 
 for the Chalkboard 

Some still attached, but whiteboards now rule classrooms

Oct 31, 09 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - If today’s kids don’t know what a record is, tomorrow’s won’t likely know what a chalkboard is, at least in the classroom. Whiteboards, without the lung- and computer-choking dust (to say nothing of their immunity to scratching nails) are taking over, with one supplier of both... More »

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education • relics • teachers • students • chalkboards • whiteboards

Facebook Love Letter Triggers Teacher Fight

Two women arrested for brawling after love triangle turns ugly

Oct 29, 09 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two female middle school teachers face misdemeanor charges after getting into a profanity-laden brawl in front of students. The fight was the result of a love triangle between them and a male teacher at the Georgia school, police tell Fox 5 News , and began after one of the women found... More »

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Georgia • fight • love triangle • middle school • teachers

Et tu, Barack? Teachers Lose Another Ally

Embattled unions don't want evaluation based on test scores

Sep 20, 09 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teachers union members are fuming over President Obama's desire to stay the course and evaluate educators based on student test scores, McClatchy reports. Obama is even threatening to withhold California stimulus money unless the state enshrines the student-teacher performance link into law. "It takes more than the ability to... More »

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education • Barack Obama • California • reform • NAACP • teachers' unions • teachers • Arne Duncan • stimulus funds

(Newser) - Never had an inspiring, funny, or even downright godawful teacher? Luckily, Hollywood has them in spades. Babble presents the 40 best fictional teachers:
  • Ms. Norbury, Mean Girls: She taught “the female student body to lay off the sexist insults.”
  • Economics teacher, Ferris Bueller’s Day
... More »

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entertainment • Harry Potter • Albus Dumbledore • The Great Debaters • teachers • Mean Girls • Ferris Bueller's Day Off • Music of the Heart

ANALYSIS

Kids Pick Their Own Books in Classroom Revolution

But will Harry Potter beat out the Bard?

Aug 29, 09 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - To Kill a Mockingbird or Captain Underpants? The choice, for most middle school students, is a no-brainer—and an increasingly prevalent one now that schools from New York to Seattle hope to revolutionize English classes by letting students choose their own books, the New York Times reports. The approach, known... More »

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literature • reading • teachers • students • reading workshop

OPINION

 Why Millenials Are 
 Quitting Teaching 


Aug 9, 09 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Fine arrived to teach at an inner-city school 4 years ago, ready to “‘give back’ after spending 22 years in a suburban, Ivy League bubble,” she writes in the Washington Post. Now, like so many other young teachers, she’s leaving—not just because she’s... More »

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teaching • ambition • millennials • teachers

Career-Switchers Flock to Teacher-Training Programs 

Unemployment helps drive applications

Jul 31, 09 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - With unemployment soaring, interest is booming in teacher-training programs for people switching careers, the Washington Post reports. This year, a 20-city retraining program saw applications climb 30%; in many areas there’s more interest than jobs available, outside of science, math, and physical education. The surge could help avert likely... More »

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education • unemployment • training • teachers • second career • job training



 Ditch 'i Before e 
 Except After c' 
 Rule: Brits 

Ditty 'not worth teaching,' government says

Jun 20, 09 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Generations of frustrated schoolchildren have grumbled that “i before e except after c” isn’t worth learning because of numerous exceptions. Now the British government agrees, the BBC reports. In a document sent to 13,000 primary schools, officials say the ditty “is not worth teaching” because it’... More »

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United Kingdom • learning • teaching • spelling • teachers • rule • schoolchildren

INVESTIGATION

Accusations Rarely Fell
LA's Tenured Teachers

Review hearings costly, unreliable: principals

May 3, 09 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - One Los Angeles high school teacher allegedly ridiculed a student for failing to commit suicide. Another kept a trove of pornography, marijuana, and cocaine at school. A third drank alcohol in front of students. None was fired, the Los Angeles Times reports in an investigation of a school district afraid... More »

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Los Angeles • teachers' unions • principal • teachers • students

glossies


 Sanford Still 
 Fights Stimulus 
 Plan, Tears 
 in His Eyes 

SC Guv sticks to his guns over rejecting stimulus money

Apr 26, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Angry state legislators and picketing teachers still haven't swayed Mark Sanford. The conservative governor of South Carolina is ignoring opponents and his dipping approval rating, now at 40%, because he's wary of federal stimulus dollars. But when a lone security guard gives his support, Sanford's strained emotions begin to show.... More »

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Republican • layoffs • South Carolina • GOP • governor • economic stimulus package • Mark Sanford • teachers

Teachers Fret as Students Flock to Study Sites

Online answers spark cheating fears

Apr 9, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Offering class notes, old exams, and homework answers, study websites are a big hit with students, but teachers are less excited about the technology, the Wall Street Journal reports. Instructors worry sites like Cramster, which has sold twice as many $10 monthly subscriptions in 2009 compared to a year ago,... More »

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study • website • exam • cheating • teachers • students • homework

(Newser) - A British teachers’ group thinks homework for children under 11 is a waste of time for all involved, the Telegraph reports. It can “damage parents and children's relationships when trying to get it all done, and ends in tears all round,” the Association of Teachers and Lecturers... More »

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England • children • teaching • teachers • students • homework • primary school

(AP) - Two astronauts who were teaching math and science to middle school students just 5 years ago went on a spacewalk together today, their path cleared of dangerous orbiting junk that had threatened the space station and shuttle. It's the first time two former schoolteachers have been on a spacewalk together,... More »

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NASA • astronauts • International Space Station • spacewalk • Discovery space shuttle • outer space • teachers

Obama to Push Merit Pay for Teachers in Schools Plan

Prez to push teacher merit pay, lower dropout rates

Mar 10, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a speech today before the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President Obama will lay out his plan for American schools, reports the Wall Street Journal. Most controversially, the president aims to expand merit pay for teachers, a measure that Democratic teacher unions are traditionally leery of. If teachers develop... More »

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education • Barack Obama • financial aid • public schools • teacher pay • charter school • high school dropouts • teachers

Math Geeks Celebrate Square Root Day

Break out your calculator, it's time to party like it's 3x3=09

Mar 3, 09 11:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Odds are you’re not aware of it, but today is a major holiday. Well, major for math teachers and their lucky students. It's Square Root Day, a super-rare, super-goofy holiday that occurs whenever the first two digits of the date—in this case 3/3—can be multiplied to form... More »

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holiday • mathematics • teachers

OPINION

 How to Fix the Education Divide 

Racial gap is 'last great civil-rights battle': Klein and Sharpton

Jan 12, 09 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - America is facing its “last great civil-rights battle”: the racial education gap, write Joel I Klein and Al Sharpton in a Wall Street Journal. “Today the average 12th-grade black or Hispanic student has the reading, writing, and math skills of an eighth-grade white student,” they note. But... More »

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education • race • Al Sharpton • children • public schools • teacher pay • teachers • President Obama • Joel Klein

OPINION

 Bail Out America's Brains 

To stay afloat, we need more Gateses and Jobses

Jan 11, 09 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Building roads and bridges will give our economy a short-term boost—but we need to look farther into America’s future on the global stage, writes Thomas Friedman in the New York Times. That means investing to make sure the next Microsofts and Googles are home-grown. How? For a start,... More »

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education • investment • Thomas Friedman • science education • economic stimulus package • mathematics • economy • teachers

(Newser) - A tiny school district in Texas will allow its teachers to bring guns to class this fall in what may be the first such move in the nation, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. The district says the move will deter school shootings or help teachers defend students if one occurs.... More »

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Texas • school shooting • guns • Harrold school district • concealed weapons • teachers

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