Over 100 teachers in South Korea have killed themselves in the last five years.
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Three young teachers at a Denver school for kids with severe behavioral issues were sexually assaulted regularly by students and ignored by administrators when they sought help, according to a new lawsuit being brought by the women.
In February 2024, a group of students made a bunch of fake TikTok accounts posing as more than 20 of their teachers and school staff members.
On June 10th, Arantzazu Zuzene Galdos-Shapiro, a respected eighth-grade English teacher, resigned from her position at W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School. In her resignation letter, Galdos-Shapiro bravely stated that she was leaving to protect her health, which had been gravely affected by the conditions and blatant violation of her rights at school. She painfully …
In May 2024, teacher JaQ Lee’s reputation was ruined after a video of him interacting with his students went viral. The video showed Lee’s female middle school students unbraiding his hair.
Currently, there are 19 states in America where corporal punishment in school is legal. In some districts, the school must have the parents’ permission, while others do not. In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its Ingraham v. Wright decision that corporal punishment in schools is constitutional, leaving states to decide whether to allow it.
In 2020, school districts across the South removed Confederate names from their schools. Shenandoah County, has reversed that decision.
Alabama lawmakers have unanimously approved SB157, referred to as the “Teachers’ Bill of Rights,” on Tuesday, May 7th. The bill now waits for Governor Kay Ivey’s signature to become law and will go into effect for the 2024-2025 school year.
Not all teachers are paid the same. Of course, there are differences depending on where in the country you work, how many years you have been teaching, if your school is public or private, etc. But did you know there are pay differences that can be traced to your college major?
Cyber schools couldn’t possibly have the same expenses as brick-and-mortar schools, right? They don’t need to pay for things like they don’t have to pay for things like building maintenance, sports teams and facilities, or police and security. Plus, many of them already receive tuition payments.
On April 25, 2024, a substitute teacher allegedly got into a physical altercation with a high school student.
On February 23, 2023, 17-year-old high school student Brandon Depa brutally attacked paraprofessional Joan Naydich after she took away his Nintendo Switch game. The beating was caught on school surveillance footage and released, which went viral and drew national attention. He was charged with aggravated assault, and since the victim is a school employee, he faces 30 years in prison.