A Washington DC charter school teacher has been fired for assigning his class problems like:
Assigning Violent Math Problems to Third Graders Will Get You Fired
Posted in Dunce by smarty 41 days ago (http://news.yahoo.com)Teacher Fired Over Facebook Password
Posted in Dunce by smarty 41 days ago (http://global.christianpost.com)
Kimberly Hester, a teachers aide at Frank Squires Elementary School in Cassopolis, Michigan has been fired for refusing to give school district officials her Facebook password. Facebook's terms and conditions prohibit any Facebook member for asking for login credentials of any other member.&nb
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USA Today Asks The Question: Are School Zero Tolerance Policies too Harsh?
Posted in Zero Tolerance by smarty 166 days ago (http://www.usatoday.com)Looks like the mainstream media is starting to figure it out: the zero tolerance policies that they have encouraged over the past 20 years are way too harsh. The article sites the example of a Shrieveport LA high school student is forced to go to Alcohol
Read More | DiscussIn Missouri, Being Raped in Middle School is a "Prohibited Public Display of Affection"
Posted in Zero Tolerance by smarty 275 days ago (http://www.cbsnews.com)
A Greene County, Missouri seventh grade girl was raped at school twice in a two year period. According to a Federal lawsuit launched earlier this week by her parents, after reporting the second incident and medical evidence of sexual assault, the school suspended her for a "prohibited public display of affection." According to an ABC News report, the girl was forced to
Read More | DiscussStandardized Test Cheating: Double Standard, Anyone?
Posted in Dunce by indymike 285 days ago (http://mikeseidle.com)
Anyone else angry that teachers are justifying cheating on standardized tests? The cheating scandals in Atlanta, New Jersey, DC and Pensylvania show that educators are unable to take responsibility for fraud on a scale t
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Cheating Scandal: This Time it's 89 Schools in Pennsylvania
Posted in Shenanigans! by smarty 289 days ago (http://www.thenotebook.org)
Education blog The Notebook has uncovered an erasure scandal in Pennsylvania involving 89 different schools. Unlike the scandals unfolding in Atlanta, New Jersey and Washington DC, several charter schools are being investigated. The State of Pennsylvania is investigating and has released a
Read More | DiscussMissouri Bans Student-Teacher Facebook (and Twitter, MySpace, Google+, LinkedIn) Friendships
Posted in Censorship by smarty 292 days ago (http://www.pcmag.com)
The People's Republic of Missouri has passed a breathtakingly stupid law designed to protect children from teacher sexual predators by preventing teachers from connecting with them on Facebook and other social networks.
According to the law, "Teachers cannot establish, maintain, or use a work-related website unless it is available to school administrators and the child's legal Read More | Discuss
Principal of the Year Candidate Does Meth With Teacher, State Closes School
Posted in Shenanigans! by smarty 297 days ago (http://www.myfoxdc.com)
What do you do with a vocational school where the principal and teachers are caught smoking meth and meth residue is found throughout the school? Close it down.
Bonus: Another teacher was arrested for making meth and purchasing sudafed for the purpose of making meth.
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