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Kindergarten Teacher Fired for Letting Students Taste Her Blood

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:29:56 +0000

It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill show and tell. A kindergarten teacher from the Norwegian town of Sola has been fired because she let kids touch and taste her blood that she brought to school. The woman had brought in a blood sample taken earlier in the day and poured it out onto a plate for kids. [...]

Mother Sues Teacher for Stealing Son's Lunch Money

Shauna Wright — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:22:56 +0000

When Baltimore mom Lynsai Green found out her second-grader had a negative balance with the school cafeteria, she was confused — until her son told her one of his teachers was routinely stealing his lunch money. In a lawsuit Green filed against teacher Marcelius Lockes, Gwynn Falls Elementary School, the Baltimore School Board and the [...]

Are Teachers Overpaid or Underpaid? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:50:49 +0000

Although it varies from state to state, the average salary of a public school teacher in the United States is about $50,000 a year. For comparison sake, the average full-time worker in any profession has a median personal income of about $39,000 a year. Are teachers getting the better end of the stick?

Teacher Punches Student in the Face for Allegedly Insulting Her [VIDEO]

B105 Staff — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:01:25 +0000

64-year-old art teacher Sandra Hadsock is making headlines this week after she punched a male student in the face for allegedly calling her vulgar names. Hadsock, who last year won the her school’s Teacher of the Year award, originally faced charges of child abuse; but the State Attorney’s Office has since decided to drop the [...]