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The American Federation of Teachers has said it will support teachers if they decide to strike in districts that choose to reopen schools without heeding necessary precautions. The ATF said strikes for its 1.7 million members should be a “last resort,” The New York Times reports. Still, this new authorization vote will give union representatives […]
Thanks in large part to the Trump administration’s confusion-sowing approach to COVID-19 safety messaging, the so-called “reopening” of schools has somehow become a topic of debate, as if risking students and faculty in the name of faux flattery optics is even remotely a good idea. It’s a baffling debate that’s close to the heart of artist Dave […]
A trio of Arizona teachers sharing a summer school classroom all contracted the coronavirus last month, despite apparently taking the recommended safety precautions, with one of them dying, according to multiple reports. 61-year-old Kimberly Chavez Lopez Byrd died on June 26, which was less than two weeks after she was hospitalized. The other two teachers who […]
As an 8-year-old boy, George Floyd had dreams of impacting the world and ensuring justice for Americans. This aspiration was recently revealed by Waynel Sexton, Floyd’s 2nd grade teacher at Frederick Douglass Elementary School in Texas. In the days following Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, Sexton shared an essay written by Floyd nearly 40 years ago. The assignment […]
Former special education teacher Kathryn Houghtaling has been sentenced to 4 to 15 years in prison for having sex with her students, Fox 2 Detroit reports. Houghtaling pleaded no contest to six counts of criminal sexual conduct. She has been charged with providing one of her students with drugs, and sleeping with two underage boys, one age 16 and […]
Loryn Barclay, 27, a former substitute teacher in Missouri, has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation on a reduced charge of harassment of a person under age 17, People reports. Barclay was originally charged with felony sexual contact with a student. The charge would’ve got her three years in prison, but she was given […]
A Washington state high school principal has resigned after referring to Kobe Bryant as a “rapist,” the local NBC affiliate reports. The head principal at Camas High School, Dr. Liza Sejkora, made a Facebook post on the same day Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, were killed in a helicopter crash. Although she doesn’t mention the NBA […]
A former Drexel University professor is facing theft charges after he allegedly blew nearly $200,000 of the school’s grant money on partying with strippers. At one point, Chikaodinaka Nwankpa was the head of the electrical engineering department at Drexel. Now the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office says he was charged with felony counts of unlawful taking and theft by deception for abusing […]
An Oklahoma teacher was arrested and charged with first-degree rape after allegedly having a threesome with a student and a former teacher, according to reports. Joyce Churchwell, 40, allegedly sent nude pictures and videos via Snapchat to a teenage student during the 2018-2019 school year. The student then went to Churchwell’s home, where they had […]
A Wisconsin teacher will have to pay more than $6,000 for repeatedly defecating in a public park. According to Janesville Gazette, Jeffrey S. Churchwell admitted to pooping in Whitewater, Wisconsin’s Natureland Park. Per a report from the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office, Churchwell had been defecating—sometimes more than once a day—on and outside of a building in the park since 2017. The investigation picked up […]
