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Angry Student Lecturing Teacher on How to Teach Goes Viral

Emerald Catron — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:30:39 +0000

This kid's got big brass ones. Or maybe he was just fed up. Actually, we figure it probably requires a combination of both to pull off a stunt like this.

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Raising Cane's Offering Free Meals for Educator Appreciation Day

Danny Merrell — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:47:05 +0000

This is National Teacher Appreciation Week and Raising Canes Chicken Fingers in Nacogdoches is raising the bar on how a business should honor our educators...how 'bout some free food?

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Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:53:38 +0000

Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December.

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Should We Arm Teachers in Our Area? [POLL]

Lisa Lindsey — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:30:40 +0000

Two Texas school districts are going ahead with arming teachers on school campuses. That will make three school districts in Texas that are planning this. Some authorities are advising not to do this and are worried about putting a teacher into this kind of situation.

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Teacher With Fear of Children Fighting Forced Retirement

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:50:26 +0000

Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting.

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All Faculty and Staff at Lon Morris College Terminated – Via E-mail

Danny Merrell — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:08:37 +0000

This is not a late April Fool’s joke, although many wish it was.

Lon Morris College in Jacksonville has been undergoing major financial struggles over the past few years, and according to a report, those struggles came to a head with the firing of all employees…via e-mail notice.

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Are Teachers Overpaid or Underpaid? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:43:49 +0000

Although it varies from state to state, the average salary of a public school teacher in the United States is about $50,000 a year. For comparison sake, the average full-time worker in any profession has a median personal income of about $39,000 a year. Are teachers getting the better end of the stick?

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Teacher Realizes 'The Daily Show' Is More Harmful to Students Than He Thought [VIDEO]

Kathy Landin — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:39:22 +0000

Back in the day, high school classes would only show “how a bill becomes a law” videos, but Rhett Felix, a teacher at Eureka High school outside of Peoria, Illinois, tried to spice things up a bit. He used clips from Comedy Central’s ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart‘ to educate his students about current events, but the local school board placed him on paid suspension once word got out.

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