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- WellnessKorin Miller
Illinois schools have installed active-shooter alarms — will that do anything?
Illinois has installed new alarms in schools that can be pulled in the event of an active shooter. A former police chief weighs in on the concept.
- StyleSabrina Rojas Weiss
Teacher plans to wear same dress for 100 days to show kids how fashion is wasteful
What started off as a passing joke between Julia Mooney and her husband became a real experiment when she "really started thinking about it a little bit more seriously." "It actually seemed like a good idea," she said.
- Pop CultureAbby Haglage
'Stop acting like animals:' Louisiana HS teacher posts racist rant in reply to Kaepernick ad
A high school math teacher in Louisiana posted racist remarks telling black people to 'move' in response to Nike's Colin Kaepernick ad. Why his mission is too strong to be stopped.
- Pop CultureRefinery29
I'm Proud Of Being A Teacher, But I May Never Be Able to Afford A Home
Teachers dedicate their lives to their students, so why are they so underappreciated? Once a stable career, teacher pay has declined along with classroom budgets. Today, we speak to an English teacher from Rockford, Michigan who makes $43,000 a year.
- Pop CulturePeople
Back-to-School Magic! See the Harry Potter Inspired Room That Made One Teacher Go Viral
Back-to-School Magic! See the 'Harry Potter' Inspired Room That Made One Teacher Go Viral
- Pop CultureSarah Carty
Teacher's bathroom note to students sparks outrage: 'That borders on cruel and inhumane'
The note says that each child in the class is allowed to leave the room to use the bathroom, see the nurse, or get water only twice in an entire month.
- Pop CultureElise Solé
Controversial school assignment asks students who is 'deserving' of life: a homosexual pro athlete or black medical student?
The assignment instructed students to examine a list of 12 people selected to fly on a spaceship to another planet to avoid the Earth's destruction and choose just eight to board the spacecraft.
- WellnessAbby Haglage
Alligator kills woman in Hilton Head, S.C. — how common are fatal wild animal attacks?
A 45-year-old teacher in South Carolina was tragically killed by an alligator while walking her dog this week. Here's what you need to know about wild animal fatalities.
- Pop CultureMoney
'It’s the Only Way.' These Teachers Are Working Summer Jobs to Make Ends Meet
From Lyft to mall jobs, America's educators are clocking in year round.
- StyleMandy Velez
Teacher invites 80 students to her wedding because she 'couldn't picture getting married without them'
“We spend a lot of time together during the school year and they become a very important part of my life and I just couldn't picture getting married without them as a part of it,” Ashlyn (Houck) Kurtz says.
- Pop CultureNick Visser
Schoolteacher Confronts EPA's Scott Pruitt At Lunch, Urges Him To Resign
Kristin Mink, a teacher and the mother of a 2-year-old, was eating lunch at a
- WellnessYahoo Lifestyle
Mourners grant teacher's dying wish by bringing backpacks for needy students instead of flowers to her funeral
Tammy Waddell of Georgia wanted her funeral to help students in need — and people are inspired by her act of kindness.
- WellnessErin Donnelly
This 13-year-old boy recorded his talk with the principal — now he's being charged with an eavesdropping felony
The student used his cellphone to record a conversation about detentions with his middle school principal and assistant principal. When he told them he was recording, he fell afoul of the law.
- StyleMaggie Parker
Teacher fired over revealing photos promoting plus-size swimwear
Viktoria Popova was recently fired from her job at Russia's Omsk School No. 7 after her superiors found photos on Instagram of her posing in a swimsuit.
- WellnessErin Donnelly
Middle school teacher under fire for showing students graphic videos about abortion
The school district says the seх ed presentation, which included controversial anti-abortion videos showing the procedure in detail, was "completely inappropriate."
- WellnessMaggie Parker
Teacher let student fall asleep in class — and maybe that's not the worst idea
A high school English teacher shared a Twitter thread of why he didn’t punish a tired teen for falling asleep in his class.
- BeautyJacqueline Laurean Yates
Dedicated teacher gets a unicorn-pink hair makeover after students improve test scores
Salt Lake City teacher Sharon Moore dyed her hair after promising her students that she would if they improved their test scores.
- Pop CultureKTVI - St. Louis
High School Teacher Resigns After Showing Controversial Movie in Class
A high school teacher in Missouri says he did not preview a movie before showing it to his class and did not know about a rape scene in the film.
- Pop CultureErin Donnelly
Father says 8th-grade teacher assigned anti-Trump homework, 'bullied' son over Fox News
An Indiana father says his son's Spanish teacher assigned reports covering Trump's "many lies" and treatment of Puerto Rico.
- Pop CultureSara Boboltz
Video Shows Memphis 7-Year-Old Dragged Off School Bus By His Feet
Another child on the bus recorded the disturbing footage.
Pop CultureErin DonnellyThis art teacher's dry-erase board drawings are a classroom hit
A Kansas art teacher is winning over students thanks to her drawings of celebrities, cartoon characters, and even Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- WellnessKorin Miller
School employees fired for allegedly mocking a 12-year-old autistic student
The boy's mother sent her son to school with a recording device in his backpack after he became aggressive at home and wet the bed.
- LifestyleAbby Haglage
This high school is banning homework and tests to 'reduce stress'
A high school principal in Sweden just banned homework and tests, in order to improve her student body's mental health. Research suggests she may be on to something.
- WellnessErin Donnelly
Teachers given tiny baseball bats to fend off potential school shooters
Just weeks after a Pennsylvania school superintendent announced plans to equip classrooms with buckets of rocks, another state district is handing out bats to teachers.
- BeautyCindy Arboleda
Oklahoma girl is excited her 'new' textbook belonged to Blake Shelton, but her mom is mad
The former Oklahoma teacher calls for education to be fully funded.
