Via Essence: Progress Reports were sent home recently. Check out what a few Essence.com readers, who happen to also be educators, had to say about working toward effective communication this school year.
The Chicago Teachers’ Union strike will not be ending today as many expected. Instead, a Cook County judge chose not to acknowledge a request by Chicago school officials to force teachers to return to their post. A hearing on the matter is expected to occur no later than Wednesday. For the full story, click here.
A Houston Independent School District teacher’s home was reportedly raided Friday. Reports indicate that Anderson Elementary School teacher Juan A. Villarreal, 52, of Houston, faces…
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Taekwondo instructor Stuart Chase McGrath is charged with indecency with a child after allegedly molesting one of his young students during sleepovers at his home.…
A 6-year-old black girl in Milledgeville, Georgia is handcuffed and arrested by police who were called by the school because the child was acting out. A 13-year-old black girl with a history of tardiness and backtalk was called “nappy-headed” in fornt of the whole class by her white teacher. Then she was expelled from school […]
A former substitute teacher at Westfield High School has been charged with online solicitation of a minor for allegedly sending nude photographs and text messages…
In a meeting Thursday, the HISD Board voted for a reduction in its workforce. That reduction translates into the laying off over 60 teachers, 26…
A Michigan teacher is claiming that she was fired because she helped students start a Trayvon Martin fundraiser in her class. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/38920
I recently read a New York Times article that explained the interesting concept of “perceptual learning,” which involves training the mind to memorize patterns rather than just learning concepts straight off. This method is being investigated by a small group of scientists who have evidence that proficiency improves when students in schools are groomed to […]
A Cohasset teacher, unschooled in the ways of Facebook, learned a stinging lesson this week after she lost her job over comments she put on her page. The postings on the social networking site were discovered by Cohasset parents on Tuesday, but in just one day they caused such a furor that by Tuesday afternoon […]
Can a hardworking, devoted teacher be fired for her sexual activities outside of school in her own home? Apparently, she can.
