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New Orleans teacher building 'Field of Dreams' in Ninth Ward
9:12 AM on 02/16/2010
New Orleans high school teacher Brian Bordainick, at only 24 years old, is making a lifetime's worth of difference in the city's Ninth Ward...
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Despite kidney failure, teacher continues to inspire
2:50 PM on 01/06/2010
VIDEO - She helps unlock the secrets to success in school with teenagers other teachers might write-off. To know Tonya Griggs is to listen to her students...
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High-tech gadget helps kids with reading and math
1:26 PM on 12/30/2009
VIDEO - It's called the 'Teachermate' reading and math lessons all crammed into a little device...
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Teacher wins discrimination suit
9:12 AM on 12/02/2009
BOSTON (AP) -- A jury has found that the elite Boston Latin School retaliated against a black teacher who claimed discrimination after administrators stripped him of his teaching position...
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Black male teachers absent from America's classrooms
6:51 AM on 10/22/2009
VIDEO - Sometimes, it takes a student to school the teacher. And this is what happened to sixth-grade teacher Robbie Curry last week...
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Some seek high tech solutions for education
9:27 AM on 10/14/2009
VIDEO - In an age where technology is so much a part of our lives, many say the U.S. education system still lags in advancements...
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Detroit school sends kids home due to lack of teachers
11:48 AM on 10/13/2009
VIDEO - Nearly 60 children went to Detroit's McFarlane Elementary school Monday morning, only to be sent home because there were not enough teachers...
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KIPP schools raise the bar
8:27 AM on 10/06/2009
VIDEO - The 'Knowledge is Power Program,' KIPP for short, serves 20,000 K through 12th grade students in 82 public charter schools in 19 states and the District of Columbia.
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Obama pushes for shorter vacations, longer school days
9:06 AM on 09/28/2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way ...
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Humanitarian charged with sexually abusing 9 Haitian boys
4:46 PM on 09/18/2009
HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- The founder of a school for poor children in Haiti has been indicted on charges of sexually abusing nine boys there...
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Teacher caught on tape choking student gets suspended
12:36 PM on 08/04/2009
A Jacksonville, Florida high school teacher has been suspended after choking a student in class.
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Girl whose teacher wrote on her face 13 years ago reflects on the controversy (video)
9:04 AM on 06/14/2009
OCTAVIA MITCHELL It was thirteen years ago a when a white teacher wrote, "where are my glasses" on the face of a little black girl. The incident received national attention. Back in 1996, a shy 5-year-old at Pepperhill Elementary School, named Nina Campbell, became the center of a national controversy...
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Teacher reinstated after allowing students to vote out autistic child (video)
7:00 PM on 06/11/2009
The school board in St. Lucie County, Florida decided to reinstate suspended teacher Wendy Portillo. She was suspended for allowing her kindergarten students to vote to kick out a five-year-old autistic student out of her classroom. She asked her class to take a vote when the boy was apparently acting...
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Engineer turned teacher changes students' lives (video)
11:53 AM on 06/11/2009
CHARLOTTE - A few middle school students in Charlotte, North Carolina aren't that thrilled the school year has come to an end. It's because of a certain teacher who's changed their lives inside and outside the classroom. Thomas Kirkley's success at teaching is found not only in year end test...
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Teacher choking student caught on cell phone camera (video)
12:03 AM on 06/08/2009
A Jacksonville, Florida high school student says his teacher choked him during a classroom brawl, and he's got the cell phone video to prove it. Clyde Wilson says his Algebra I class last Friday turned into a brawl, with his teacher on top choking him. "I went to the back...
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High School teacher fired after sexting teenage student (video)
2:00 PM on 06/03/2009
An Albany, Georgia high school teacher was fired for sending sexual text messages to a teenage student, then driving to a hotel to meet her. The student was at a sleepover celebration for the girl's basketball team. Her coaches stepped in and confronted the teacher when he showed up at...
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