I met Dorje Gurung in 1996 during my second year at an international school in Norway. I was a long way from home — I grew up in South Africa — but… Original post on change.org Comments on reddit.com
A Duncanville, Texas school district says it is looking into a cell phone video-gone-viral of a student telling off his teacher about her poor teaching skills. Original post on tv.com Comments on reddit.com
A Vancouver teacher says his career has been derailed by an ex-girlfriend who won’t stop posting countless defamatory and offensive comments about him on the web. Original post on cbc.ca Comments on reddit.com
A Catholic high school teacher says she was fired because she’s gay, and now thousands are trying to help her get her job back with an online petition. Original post on nbc4i.com Comments on reddit.com
Familly says Devin Brown hanged himself after being bullied at Rothschild Middle School. Original post on tenniscores.com Comments on reddit.com
A third-grade teacher’s 2010 choice to aid a state investigator helped lead to the indictment Friday of a former superintendent and 34 others in a vast alleged cheating scheme. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
A transgender teacher who is believed to have committed suicide after her case appeared in the national media said she hoped “bigotry and prejudice” would become things of the past. Original post on independent.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Nowadays more children attend school than ever before, but they learn much less. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Detroit police say they discovered the body of a young man in the median of Lafayette Boulevard near Martin Luther King Jr. Senior High School Friday night. Original post on wxyz.com Comments on reddit.com
OXNARD, Calif. — A middle-school science teacher fired after students learned she had appeared in pornographic movies had hoped not just to get her job back, but to set a precedent for people looking to escape an embarrassing personal history. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
GUNMEN on motorcycles sprayed a van carrying community centre employees with bullets yesterday, killing five female teachers and two aid workers, but sparing a child they took out of the vehicle before opening fire. Original post on news.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Babones argues American politics has swung violently to the right. Original post on truth-out.org Comments on reddit.com
‘There is a saying among insurgents: ‘Get Buddhists, gain merit, Original post on bangkokpost.com Comments on reddit.com
(Photo credit: Flickr user Serenitbee.) Corporate lobbyists have a terrible idea they’re pushing during the budget debates. They want to lower the corp Original post on boldprogressives.org Comments on reddit.com
The scale of cruelty and corporal punishment in Indian schools was highlighted yesterday by the attempted suicide of 13 year girl who was paraded naked by a teacher for ‘stealing’ £15. Original post on telegraph.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A local teenager’s support for Mitt Romney has landed her teacher in a bit of trouble. Original post on philly.com Comments on reddit.com
A substitute teacher in Coweta County is accused of taking pictures of students and posting them on a Original post on myfoxatlanta.com Comments on reddit.com
SPRINGTOWN, Texas — Like many schools in Texas, “spare the rod and spoil the child” might be considered the motto at Springtown High School. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Teacher Mike Tracy was fired from the Art Institute after refusing to make his students pay for pricey e-books. Original post on takepart.com Comments on reddit.com
The Chicago Teachers Union is an organization of educators dedicated to advancing and promoting quality public education, improving teaching and learning conditions, and protecting members’ rights. Original post on ctunet.com Comments on reddit.com
Chicago teachers are on strike Monday after failing to reach a contract deal, leaving 400,000 students of school indefinitely. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
President Obama blasted Republican Mitt Romney’s proposal to cut education funding, accusing his rival of considering teachers nothing more than “nameless… bureaucrats.” Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
News: Student who revealed Troy High election-rigging seeks post| school, bigham, student, district, election, redmond, government, troy, tuesday, high Original post on ocregister.com Comments on reddit.com
While teachers across the country are dealing with layoffs and pay freezes as the cost of living goes up, the heads of the unions representing them are giving themselves substantial raises. Original post on foxnews.com Comments on digg.com
So Bain pays you $100,000 to do nothing? Unlike Chris and many other savvy observers, I’m not convinced Mitt Romney went to the NAACP convention to be booed. The Romney campaign reportedly bused in supporters and Mitt couched his speech with a pain… Original post on eclectablog.com Comments on reddit.com
The humiliation, presumably, has only just begun. Original post on businessinsider.com Comments on reddit.com
