A  Carterville, Illinois elementary school is mourning days after one of its kindergarten teachers hanged herself in her classroom. Linda Walker, 45, was found hanging in her classroom by a coworker at Tri-C  Elementary School on Monday. “Fortunately, our kids, staff and community is a tight, resilient group,” Carterville Superintendent Robert  Prusator said. “This is […]

HOUSTON – A Houston Algebra teacher at Clear Brook High school mocked a 9th grade Muslim students by telling her “I heard about about your uncle” after Bin Laden’s death. A Friendswood mom says she was offended by what her daughter says happened Monday in ninth grade algebra. She said, “The teacher told the student […]

Meet Melissa Petro — the teacher who gives a new twist to “sex ed.”

The Schott foundation study showing that less than 50 percent of black males are graduating from high school is astounding and depressing – but not a revelation to many in the African American community.

Democrats are poised to pass a bill today that will provide $26 billion in additional funding to help states cover Medicaid expenses and teacher salaries. To pay for the bill, however, they are accelerating the scale-back of food stamp payments — at a time when a record number of Americans are relying on food stamps.

The House passed a bill Tuesday afternoon providing $26.1 billion to cash-strapped state governments, and preventing roughly 161,000 teachers and 158,000 public works employees from being laid off. The vote was 247-161.

Teachers are already underpaid for the work that they put in and in the state of Indiana, it may seriously get worse! Nate Schnellenberger is the President of the Indiana State Teachers Association and he is saying that by 2011 about 6,000 teaching jobs will cease to exist if they do not accumulate the proper […]