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  1. academic freedom
    Mississippi Educator Fired for Reading Kids a Silly BookAssistant principal Toby Price read I Need a New Butt to second-graders in Hinds County. Now he’s out of a job.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. education
    Glenn Youngkin Won’t Stop Undermining Public SchoolsIt’s ludicrous to think that parents alone should control every school decision affecting their kids.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. education
    What Will the First Day of School Look Like?Terrified teachers. Obstinate officials. Exhausted parents. Inside the messy, bungled battle to reopen New York City’s schools.
    By Keith Gessen
  4. education
    She Just Wants Her Students To Keep TalkingSamantha Elkaim knows she can’t replicate her classroom, but maybe she can still reach the kids.
    By Molly Fischer
  5. labor
    Little Rock Teachers Refuse to Relive the Bad Old DaysDecades after the school district integrated, a state proposal threatens progress.
    By Sarah Jones
  6. politics
    Matt Bevin Was Unpopular Because of His PoliciesMatt Bevin was a uniquely unpopular governor. It’s important to understand why.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. education
    West Virginia Republicans Are Still Trying to Punish Striking TeachersWest Virginia teachers demonstrated again on Monday as GOP lawmakers pushed school choice and penalties for striking teachers after recent walkouts.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. education
    Years of Low Pay Helped Spark the Teacher Strike WaveA new report affirms protesting teachers’ complaints, noting their wages have long been declining and they’re paid less than comparable professionals.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. education
    After a Weeklong Strike, Los Angeles Teachers May Have a DealMembers of the United Teachers of Los Angeles still have to vote on the deal, but it sounds like a victory for striking educators.
    By Sarah Jones
  10. kentucky
    Kentucky Governor Calls Special Session to Go After Teacher Pensions AgainThe state Supreme Court shot down cuts to public employee pensions, so Matt Bevin is pursuing his unpopular “reforms” in the worst possible way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. education
    Chicago Teachers Clear Path for Nation’s First Charter-School StrikeFollowing a wave of teacher protests earlier this year, Acero Charter Schools educators voted to authorize a potentially groundbreaking strike.
    By Sarah Jones
  12. politics
    Walkouts Led to Big Wins for Red-State Teachers. Why Are They Still Struggling?Despite winning raises in Arizona, Oklahoma, and West Virginia, teachers are still being squeezed — and they’re willing to fight for more.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. in my experience
    I’m a Teacher in a Red State. The Teachers’ Strike Turned My Ballot Blue.I was a lifelong Republican. After seeing how little “trickled down” to my classroom and joining the Oklahoma walkout, I started voting for Democrats.
    By Emily Ozment As told to Sarah Jones
  14. Red-State Teacher Unrest Just Keeps SpreadingThe wave of protests and strikes isn’t just about pay, but about GOP tax-cut-driven starvation of education spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. Kentucky Teachers Fighting Pension CutsKentucky Republicans are trying to cut teacher pension benefits to fund what’s left. Teachers are fighting this change, and at the moment, winning.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. select all
    Watching This Teacher Sing to Her Class Is Giving Me Secondhand Embarrassment“Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but I’m your teacher, so listen maybe.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  17. bad teacher
    N.J. Teacher Sacked for Mocking Student’s NameOn social media.
    By Katie Zavadski
  18. awful people
    New Jersey Gym Teachers Fired for Locker-Room RacismGood.
    By Adam Martin
  19. crimes and misdemeanors
    Bringing Heroin to Jury Duty Not a Fireable Offense for TeacherFiring is “excessive and shocking to this court’s sense of fairness.”
    By Adam Martin
  20. bad education
    Bronx Teacher Allegedly Called Student a ‘Negro’They didn’t understand a word she said.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. anderson school
    Dream Teacher Suspended for Giving Kids All A’sThe kids were probably fine with it.
    By Adam Martin
  22. school’s out for forever
    Chicago Teachers Go on Strike, City Tries to Occupy 350,000 KidsHours of “independent reading or writing” isn’t going to cut it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. education
    Accused Perverts Still Teaching in NYCThe Department of Education has a hard time firing teachers for allegedly being gross.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  24. other states’ embarrassments
    Alabama State Senator Wants to Keep Teachers Poor, for the ChildrenHe has a really good (read: terrible) reason for this. 
    By Dan Amira
  25. education
    Teacher Fails at Forging Jury Duty LetterA veteran Manhattan educator is being forced to resign after doing a sloppy job.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  26. school daze
    NYC Prep School Fires History Teacher for Mysterious Racial JokeHe blames his South African sarcasm.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. school daze
    Rubber-Room Teachers Can Pay Their Way Back Into the Classroom$7,500 and poof, they’re back.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  28. school daze
    Michelle Rhee: Fine, Investigate Sketchy Test Results From My TenureSee if she cares.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. school daze
    City Unveils List of 4,600 Teachers to Be Cut If Albany Doesn’t Change ‘Last In, First Out’Naturally, the cuts would affect poor neighborhoods first.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. school daze
    Sexy ‘Naked’ Lady Teachers Sue City for $2 MillionThey may be sexy, but they were NOT having sex when that janitor walked in on them.
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. what’s the matter with wisconsin?
    Wisconsin Teachers Will Return to WorkWisconsin students totally bummed.
    By Julie Gerstein
  32. school daze
    Bloomberg Pushes to End ‘Last In, First Out’ for Teachers, But Cuomo ResistsThere may be a compromise in the works.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  33. school daze
    Joel Klein Thinks Up to 10 Percent of Educators Are IncompetentBut can never get fired.
    By Mike Vilensky
  34. school daze
    Cathie Black Takes on Teacher TenureWow, going after the golden goose so soon?
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. school daze
    ‘I’m Not a Gynecologist, But I’ll Take a Look Inside’Teachers should not be Facebook friends with students. This is why.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. school daze
    Bloomberg Suspends Hooker/Teacher Melissa PetroAnd she just got tenure!
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. school daze
    Prolific Prostitute/Teacher’s Students Surprisingly Not Good at GooglingEither that, or they are surprisingly chill.
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. bad education
    Schools Hoard $10 Billion Stimulus to Rehire Teachers“We can’t treat this money as if it’s a supplement to a jobs bill.”
    By Nitasha Tiku
  39. jobs
    Obama Signs $26 Billion Jobs Bill, Saves Teacher JobsMeasure will also create positions for police officers, firefighters, and nurses.
    By Josh Duboff
  40. america’s sweetheart
    Did Sarah Palin Roll Her Eyes at Teaching?From this video, Palin seems to have no respect for teachers.
    By Dan Amira
  41. school daze
    Hookup Teachers Got Dressed Really SlowlyThis is the most disturbing thing of all.
    By Dan Amira
  42. school daze
    The Rubber Rooms Are No MoreYesterday, a terrible idea came to an end.
    By Dan Amira
  43. money woes
    Bloomberg to Avoid Teacher Layoffs by Canceling RaisesA total of 4,400 teacher jobs are saved.
    By Dan Amira
  44. rubber buns and liquor
    City’s Rubber Rooms Finally EliminatedIt’s a “rubber room rubout”! Oh, ew.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. gaffs
    New Jersey Teachers Union Prays for Chris Christie’s DeathThe governor did not take too kindly to this.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. sad things
    Jaime Escalante, Inspiration for Stand and Deliver, Dies at 79The East Los Angeles math teacher was one of the most famous educators in America.
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. school daze
    Students at James Madison High in Brooklyn Will Never Take Their Hot Teachers Seriously Ever AgainYet another instructor is busted in an inappropriate situation.
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. school daze
    Students All Hot About Hook-up TeachersA pair of lady teachers in Brooklyn have a school abuzz.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. teachers
    The Times Asks: Should Teachers Sell Lesson Plans?And should they be allowed to buy vacations with the money?
    By Lindsay Robertson
  50. early and often
    Randi Weingarten in Running for Hillary’s SpotThough, at this point, who isn’t?
    By Chris Rovzar
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