Harlem teacher Billy Greene was named New York State Teacher of the Year this month, but some parents say he’s focusing too much on social justice — and not enough on teaching basic skills. Green, who teaches chemistry and sometimes math at A. Philip Randolph Campus High School and also specializes in helping LGBTQ youth, … Read more
A former teacher at a Christian high school in Florida was arrested for a second time this summer for inappropriate behavior with a student — this time stemming from allegations he assaulted a male student at prom. Julie Hoover, who taught at Point of Grace Christian School in Perry, was arrested last week on charges … Read more
many Connecticut Parents On the first day of school, she raised her voice against worksheets provided by an English teacher at Southington High School that addressed political, gender and racial issues. Vocabulary items that appeared on the worksheet included “white privilege,” “indigenous people,” “transgender,” “institutional racism,” gender pronouns, the term “Latinx,” as well as other … Read more
A North Carolina teacher who was accused of having sex with one of her students was re-arrested after investigators learned that the same student had been raped nine times at her home, police said. was kept, the police said. Elizabeth Susan Bailey, 36, was originally arrested on three felony charges, including statutory rape of a … Read more
Public school classes in Seattle are empty Wednesday for what was supposed to be students on the first day because a teachers union strike is now losing learning time for the city’s youth. The Seattle Education Association (SEA) says teachers will go on strike this morning after 95% of voting members went on strike. The … Read more
A teacher in Ireland was suspended from work and then jailed for contempt of court after refusing to use the correct pronoun to address a transgender student. Enoch Burke was arrested on Monday for violating a court order barring him from teaching at Westmeath’s Wilson Hospital School or even being present there. news site rte.ie … Read more