Posts Tagged ‘Education’

Mar 14, 2010

Educator of the Week So Far: Teacher Writes ‘Loser’ on Sixth Grader’s Assignment

A North Carolina teacher is in trouble with a capital S-T-U-P-I-D after writing “loser” on a sixth grader’s assignments.   He said it was his way of joking. Well, if that’s the case, he could have at least followed it with, “LOL!”
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Jan 27, 2010

German Homeschoolers Granted Political Asylum

A German couple who fled to Tennessee so they could homeschool their children was granted political asylum yesterday by a U.S. immigration judge. The best part of their new homebase:  Only a short car ride to DOLLYWOOD!
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Dec 20, 2009

Schools Leaving Driver’s Ed Classes by the Side of the Road

Sadly, people with a death wish may no longer have an opportunity to be a driver’s ed instructor, as many schools around the country are getting rid of the program.
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Dec 10, 2009

Hot for Fellow Teacher

Well, this should make you feel great about sending your kids to school… A Brooklyn high school is making headlines with its porn-inspired shenanigans  — Yes!  I just said “shenanigans!” I’m officially old!  — when two female teachers were caught “undressed” (and then some) in an empty classroom.
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Nov 14, 2009

Teacher Fired for Facebook Photos Showing Alcohol (Good Thing I Never Pursued a Career in Education)

A teacher who was allegedly forced to resign over pictures on Facebook showing her — GASP! — drinking alcohol is now suing the school board.  
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Nov 13, 2009

British Educators Tell Girls to Face “Reality” and Accept They May Not Be Able to “Have To All”

Et tu, Brits?  I mean, I love your Bass Pale Ale, but what’s up with all the anti-working mother rhetoric lately?
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Oct 30, 2009

Parents More Comfortable Talking Sex Than Science

“You know you’re gonna have to help Skylar with her math homework when the time comes,” I’ve told Mr. Candy on more than one occasion.  After all, any math I’ve ever learned has been long buried in the deep recesses of my mind, along with my memory of watching “Dr. T and The Women.”  And [...]
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Oct 26, 2009

Disney Offers Refund for Potentially Harmful Baby Einstein DVDs

If you’ve bought the Baby Einstein DVDs for your little one and wondered why s/he is not yet reading “Crime and Punishment” and proving the nonsqueezing theorem in symplectic geometry, you may finally have your answer.  Turns out, the Baby Einstein videos may actually be detrimental to early childhood development — which is why [...]
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