The Teachers' Unions Are More Political than Ever Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers by seniority when necessary and soaking taxpayers every chance they could. While those activities are still part of their mission, they have, over time, increasingly delved into the political/social realm, promoting Black Lives Matter, Critical Race Theory,...
A teacher with 24 years of experience in the U.S. and abroad believes this wave of teachers leaving has to do with a cultural shift in parenting styles.
Parents are divided on who is at fault in a shocking fight between a Tennessee high school teacher and a student that was caught on video and has since gone viral. The physical confrontation happened on Tuesday afternoon inside the cafeteria at Trezevant High School in Memphis. Video shows the teacher and the student getting in each other's faces. The teacher, dressed in a purple shirt, is seen shoving the student, wearing a white shirt, on four different occasions. After the teacher pushed the...
A mother from Marlboro says her 13-year-old daughter was molested by a
Parents of students at Woodson Elementary School in Bronzeville said a teacher's aide taped multiple students' mouths shut.
The parents filed a lawsuit against Hilliard City Schools in January last year in a bid to prohibit educators from discussing sexual matters with students.
An Iowa special education teacher was fired after she ratted out a staff member who ignored the screams of a nonverbal autistic child as he hit his head on the concrete floor. Amanda Delzell, 29, has been on paid leave since late last year but was fired by the Urbandale school board Monday night in a 4-1 vote.She said she was worried about the safety of 7-year-old Keaton Petek because one of her colleagues ignored him when he hit his head at Webster Elementary School last year. Delzell - who...
An Iowa special needs teacher has been fired after she blew the whistle on a staffer who ignored a non-verbal autistic child's cries as he was banging his head on a concrete floor.
Sarah Medwell Redican is now in the top 10 of the contest. If she wins, she plans to donate a portion of the $25,000 prize to local non profit Healthy Climate Communities.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced the names of 12 educators nominated to be the 2025 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year on Thursday.
For the second week in a row, Mahoning County commissioners were confronted by a group of local road construction contractors who claim they're kept from bidding on projects because they're non-union.
An Atlee High School math teacher was named Region I Teacher of the Year by the Virginia Department of Education.