Teachers

St. Louis Public School teachers agree to take 2-day furlough

STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Public Schools' 4,000 employees will take a temporary pay cut this year to help trim a $13 million midyear budget shortage.The School Board voted Thursday night to put all employees on involuntary furlough, likely to be scheduled for two work days when classes are not in session. It also voted to close the district for seven additional days over the winter holidays.District...

Florida education news: Teacher quality, FCAT prep, school boundaries and more

The Gradebook (Free subscription) | yesterday

IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY: Hillsborough celebrates winning a $100 million grant to reform teacher evaluations, pay, preparation and other aspects of the job from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Times photo, Edmund Fountain) SPEAKING OF TEACHER QUALITY: Someone has to...

Detroit teachers' leader calls for change

Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Twenty-nine years ago, Keith Johnson had just completed his undergraduate studies at Wayne State University and was headed to law school. "Being a teacher was the last thing I thought I'd ever do," he said. But his mother, a retired Detroit Public Schools teacher, convinced him to get a teaching certificate to pay his way.

Hong Kong teacher accused of sex with 13-year-old pupil

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Hong Kong- A Hong Kong teacher has been charged with having sex with a primary school pupil and keeping pictures of the encounters on his computer, a court report said Friday. Primary school teacher Chung Wing-kwok faces one count of possessing child...

• Hong Kong teacher accused of sex with 13-year-old pupil - India eNews
• Hong Kong teacher accused of sex with 13-year-old pupil - Sify

Teacher charged with sexually assaulting student

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday

Police in Groton have charged an art teacher at Robert Fitch Senior High School with sexually assaulting a female student.

Westlane Middle has best Chinese teacher in state

IndyStar.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

A Washington Township instructor has been named the state's best Chinese teacher. Westlane Middle School teacher En-Ming "Grace" Heebner was named Indiana Chinese Language Teachers Association Middle School Teacher of the Year, said Wendy Yuan, Zionsville schools Chinese teacher.

Burke problems = teacher pay cuts?

Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | yesterday

(By Steve Lyttle, slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) A bitter and lengthy battle over the Burke County Schools' superintendent probably cost Tracy Norman her job as school board chairman on election day. Now a legal mess could cost teachers and other school staff members.

Increase in assaults on teachers

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

A Freedom of Information request reveals a sharp increase in assaults on teachers in Bristol schools.

Chilean public school teachers end strike

People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

The Chilean teachers of the municipal sector Thursday ended the strike they launched on Oct. 23 to ask for the recognition of a long standing salary demand called "the historical debt." According to a decision on Wednesday night during an assembly in Vina del Mar city, the teachers will return to work on Friday. However, the government hasn't accepted their demand. "The struggles haven't...

Teacher jailed for sex with students

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

A Victorian school teacher who had sex with two of her students has been sentenced to more than four years' jail.

Teacher jailed for sex with students

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

A Victorian school teacher who had sex with two of her students has been sentenced to more than four years' jail.

School teacher jailed for student sex

The Age (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Ex-music teacher had sex with two high school students, one of them underaged.

A Jonathan Alter-cation: Teacher pay-for-performance? How about the same for pundits?

Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter likes charter schools, and often enough writes about them and his frustration that public schools and their teachers won’t roll over and play dead while charter schools steal money from them (my characterization, not Alter’s). At Public School Insights, Claus von Zastrow suggested that maybe pundits like Alter ought to be subject to [...]

Maine teacher's aide brought handgun to school

Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

A longtime teacher's aide at the Riverton Community School in Portland has been placed on administrative leave after bringing a handgun to school.

Head Teacher Interdicted Over Stripping Pupils

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

Luweero District authorities have interdicted the head teacher of Nakigoza Primary School, Mr Fred Balabye, for allegedly stripping five female pupils in the guise of checking them for stolen items and financial mismanagement.

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Review | Www.EKU.edu Sports And Jobs

krishpatel1212@gmail | 5 hours ago

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Review | Www.EKU.edu Sports And Jobs EKU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS)with regional campuses in Corbin, Danville, and Manchester, and centers in Fort Knox, Lancaster, and Somerset. Eastern was founded in 1874 as Central University. In 1906, the Kentucky General Assembly established the Eastern Kentucky State Normal School

Teachers Board Exam (LET) Result October 2009

lgseccionph | 11/10/2009

Manila, Philippines. The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has announced that 8,045 elementary teachers out of 43,086 examinees (19%), 26 Accelerated Teacher Education Program (A.T.E.P.) graduates out of 146 examinees (18%) and 10,792 secondary teachers out of 38,339 examinees (28%) successfully passed the LET Result October 2009 or the O ctober 2009 Licensure Examination for Teachers (L.E.T...

Founder of Dead Poets Society visits bards' graves

chanah66mkg | 11/06/2009

CUNDY'S HARBOR, Maine – On the big screen, the leader of the Dead Poets Society at an all-boys prep school was an inspirational teacher played by Robin Williams. In real life, it's a balding amateur poet who drives around in his "Poemobile," visiting and documenting the graves of dead poets and calling attention to their works. Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, just finished...