Tag: News
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The Mississippi Senate Has Approved A Salary Increase Plan Drafted “By Teachers, For Teachers.”
The decision occurred just a day after the Senate Education and Appropriations committees adopted a version of the plan that would offer teachers a $4,700 increase over two years on average. “It’s a plan by teachers, for teachers,” said Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar, a Leakesville Republican who hosted public hearings on wage rises…
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Puerto Rico Teachers Will Get A $1,000 A Month Salary Increase After Protest
The move comes just days after 70% of public school teachers left their classrooms and joined a protest for better conditions. Salaries had not increased in 13 years.
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Video: Clark County School District Responds To Video Of Violent Attack At Las Vegas School
School district leaders are responding to a violent video that shows a girl being punched in the head repeatedly by another girl inside a Las Vegas High School classroom full of students — Footage Of The Violent Attack (Warning: Graphic Content)
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Iowa Bill Calls For Teachers to be Monitored by Cameras
Iowa Republican lawmakers introduced a bill this week that would force all public school classrooms to have a camera.
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Student Among 3 Killed In 2 US School Shootings On The Same Day
US School Shootings: Two campus police officials were shot and killed at a college in Virginia, while one student was killed and another wounded in a school shooting in Minnesota on the same day.
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Genius Low-Tech Life Hack For Teachers To Show Handwritten Notes In Online Classes
Meet Carmen Castrejón, an educator of 20 years at King/Drew High School of Medicine and Science, who has recently demonstrated a very simple, yet very effective way of helping students be on the same page as you are when it comes to learning the material.
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A Cambodian Teacher Posted Photos Of A Backpack A Father Weaved For His Son Because He Was Unable To Afford To Buy One
Because Dad Couldn’t Afford To Buy His Son A Backpack, He Weaved Him One Out Of Raffia Strings and It’s Simply The Best Thing You’ll See Today
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Study Reveals New Texas Teachers Leaving The Job After Just 1 Year
According to the 2020-2021, Texas Teacher Workforce Report, nearly 50% of teachers resigned after the first year.
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New Mexico’s Governor Volunteers For Substitute Teaching Amid Staffing Shortage
As schools around the U.S. continue to experience staffing shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico Governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, has reportedly signed up to become a volunteer substitute teacher in order to combat the situation.
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‘I will bring every single gun loaded,’ Parent Threatens Virginia School Officials During Mask Mandate Meeting
A Virginia woman has been charged after she appeared to threaten school board officials while they met to vote on whether to lift a mask requirement.