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Who Was Your Favorite Teacher? – It's World Teachers' Day!

Andrew Kirk — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:09:01 +0000

Who was your favorite teacher? The U.N. has designated Oct. 5 as World Teachers’ Day and is encouraging communities to recognize the contributions of local teachers. I attended local schools from Kindergarten through the sixth grade and had several wonderful teachers at Jefferson, Lincoln and Amistad Elementaries plus several more at Highlight Middle School (when [...]

Keith Urban Makes 4th Graders Year!

Paul Drake — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:09:23 +0000

Tennessee teacher Patty Sloan's concert sign helps with homework! When Patty saw Keith Urban pointing out signs in the audience during his Nashville concert a few weeks ago, she decided to make her own sign and take it to Keith's Knoxville show a couple of weeks later. Her sign read, "I told my class no homework for the rest of the yea

Missouri Makes It Illegal for Teachers and Students to Be Facebook Friends

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:20:15 +0000

An new Missouri law, aimed at protecting children from sexual predators, has made it illegal for teachers and their past and present school-aged students to friend each other on Facebook. The Amy Hestir Student Protection Act does allow teachers to set up a classroom-related groups on Facebook or other social networking sites, provided parents and [...]

Kids End Up Paying In The Long Run

Chuck Hall — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:16:02 +0000

On the front page of the Tri-City Hearld today, it says Ki-Be school district will have to lay off 10 teachers before next year. How come? Why is it when it comes to our kids, we have to pass a bond to raise taxes so the kids will have a decent school to attend? The [...]