Teacher puts the five finger discont on laptop, moves from Surprise, Arizona to Pensylvania... only to be foiled by tracking software installed on her laptop. She was arrested when she returned to Surprise...
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Surprise: Phoenix Substitute Teacher Arrested for Stealing Computer
Posted in Dunce by smarty 800 days ago (http://www.azfamily.com)Now Supertintendents are Taking Guns to School and Firing Them
Posted in Dunce by smarty 800 days ago (http://abclocal.go.com)Georgia Moves to Further Politicize Education
Posted in Dunce by smarty 801 days ago (http://www.ajc.com)
In a move that will make it easier for Republicans to remove uncooperative - er - "problem" school board members, the Georgia Legislature is considering a law that would allow the State Department of Education to recommend removal and the Governor to make the final decision on "problem school board members." By problem, the legislature means "unethical" school boa
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Rhode Island Students Who Can't Read Protest Mass Firing
Posted in Dunce by smarty 801 days ago (http://www.projo.com)
Yesterday, current and former Central Falls High School students held a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening in honor of the 93 teachers, support staff and administrators who have been fired, effective at the end of the year. Central Falls' staff was fired after refusing to accept a turnaround plan that would have required extra work on the part of teachers in exchange for keeping their job. The tur
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3 LA Teachers Fired For Picking the Wrong Black History Heroes
Posted in Dunce by smarty 807 days ago (http://abcnews.go.com)
"Three Los Angeles elementary school teachers accused of giving children portraits of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul to carry in a Black History Month parade have been removed from their classrooms, a school district spokeswoman." Remember, LA is the city that can't fire teachers for being bad at teaching, but apparently, they can quickly fire teachers for being racist knuckleheads.
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Student backs dirty dancing teachers - Canada - Canoe.ca
Posted in Dunce by momoffive 811 days ago (http://cnews.canoe.ca)
What would you do if you caught your child doing a dirty dance with a member of the opposite sex? What if it was a male and female teacher doing this in front of a gym full of high school students? This is the show that has been up for discussion in Winnipeg, Canada. The teachers have been suspended from school with pay. Should there be more discipline or is this enough punishment?
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Cop Arrests Double Homicide Suspect, Principal Bans Cop from School
Posted in Dunce by smarty 855 days ago (http://www.sfgate.com)
John O'Connell High School Principal Rick Duber thinks letting your kid go to class with a double murderer with gang ties is just hunky-dorey. After Joel Babbs arrested a student wanted for holding two victims down while a fellow gang member shot them, Duber had Babbs removed from the school.
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