Indiana May Screen Teachers, Employees, More Stringently
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) Indiana lawmakers are expected to review a requirement for state school employees to be given more frequent and thorough background checks. An investigation directed by the USA More...
Students Left Without Teachers, Health Services at LIU
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) An entire university teaching faculty has been barred from entering campus until a pay dispute is resolved, leaving students sitting in class rooms with teachers who are not More...
Chinese University Lets Students Choose Age of Teachers
(Photo: Penn State) A university in East China’s Jiangxi province has begun to offer their students the ability to select the age and personality of their lecturers. Students at the metallurgy and chemical More...
Bill Creates Affordable Housing for San Francisco Teachers
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A bill has been passed that will allow the San Francisco Unified School District in California to develop housing for teachers and staff on district property, and now the More...
Parents Applaud Texas Teacher’s Homework Policy
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A teacher’s subversive homework policy has gone viral recently with many commending the teacher’s response to the heavy workloads for young students – an increasing More...
Cleveland Teachers Set to Strike on September 1
(Photo: Pexels, Creative Commons) Public school teachers throughout Cleveland have announced plans to strike on September 1 unless a new contract can be arranged between the Cleveland Teachers Union and the district. Three More...
Teachers College Survey Examines Who and Why of Opt Out
(Photo: Flickr, Creative Commons) A recent study was conducted to determine what the opt out movement is really saying about education in the United States, and researchers found that the public is calling for More...
Negative Attention from Teachers Encourages Problems, Study Says
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) A new report from the University of Missouri suggests that students who receive more negative attention from their teachers in turn experience more problems in terms of emotional More...
Maryland Gov Hogan Calls Teachers Unions ‘Thugs’
(Photo: Robert K. Hamilton, Baltimore Sun) Maryland Governor Larry Hogan referred to opponents of his decision to deny funding to two education-related programs as “union thugs.” The Facebook comment More...
20,000 Replacement Teachers to Be Hired in Turkey After Failed Coup
(Photo: Adem Altan, AFP) The Turkish government has announced plans to hire more than 20,000 additional teachers in order to replace those who were fired during a purge of suspected coup plotters within schools More...