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Eye-Opening Study Finds Teachers Do Not Want to Bring Guns to School

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:53:38 +0000

Keeping students and teachers safe has become a hot button issue in the US since the Sandy Hook shooting in December. Now, teachers are opening up about what they’d like to do to protect themselves in a School Improvement Network poll of nearly 11,000 educators from all 50 states. More than 72% claim they would [...]

Mean Teachers Tricked Their Students Into Thinking They Were Going to Disney World

Chris Chaberski — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:28:47 +0000

A pair of teachers (not pictured) at Roseland Public School in Ontario, Canada, pulled a mean prank on their students. They told the eighth-graders that their end-of-the-year school trip would be to Disney World. The next day, they announced that the trip would merely be to a bowling alley. Ha ha?

Another Rant About Teachers.

Jillian Benedict — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:00:30 +0000

This week, Facebook was flooded by the following status:

“Tonight a teacher somewhere in your neighborhood is getting ready for your child's new school year, writing lesson plans or writing your child's name in their grade book, while you are watching television. In the minute it takes you to read this, teachers all over the world are using their "free time," and often investing their own time and money for your child's literacy, prosperity and future. Re-post if....you are a teacher, love a teacher or appreciate a teacher!”

Matt Damon Snaps at Press While Defending Teachers [VIDEO]

alex staub — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:54:28 +0000

At the Save Our Schools Million Teacher March in Washington DC on July 30th, actor Matt Damon was grilled on his feelings about public school educators. Damon, who attended public school in Boston as a youth and whose own mother is a public school teacher, made some impassioned remarks in defense of teachers.