Author: Victor Skinner

Unions oppose bipartisan effort to keep criminals out of public schools

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal lawmakers want to prevent schools from employing convicted sex offenders, kidnappers, murderers, pornographers, spouse beaters and rapists. It’s such an obviously good idea that Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House agree on it, and passed legislation by a simple voice vote to make it the law. But there’s one group […]

 

Unions Furious Because L.A. Schools Are Getting Aggressive About Firing Bad Teachers

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LOS ANGELES — The United Teachers Los Angeles union is attempting to force the Los Angeles school district to re-evaluate dozens of teacher dismissals because union leaders don’t think they’re fair. “… (T)his system leads to many innocent educators being swooped up in the dragnet,” UTLA President Warren Fletcher said, according to the LA School […]

 

Some parents upset about a school play in which students portray sexual acts with a goat

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CAREFREE, Ariz. — Some parents of students at Cactus Shadows High School are outraged over a play that has students acting out sexual encounters with a goat, and using vulgar sexual expressions. Other parents of students in teacher Andrew Cupo’s advanced drama class believe the concerns are overblown, and resent parents who questioned their children […]

 

N. Carolina Lawmakers Scrapping Tenure, Introducing A Voucher Program

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RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers recently passed a new state budget that includes education reforms that would improve teacher quality and expand school choice options for families. Republican leaders in the state House and Senate recently announced they’ve reached agreement on a $20.6 billion budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that includes a $23.6 […]

 

Sexual Assault caused by… What?!

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Teacher claims Parkinson’s medication caused him to sexually assault student MILTON, Mass. — Milton High School teacher Dale Snyder is already making excuses for his behavior. Snyder, a 27-year teaching veteran, faces a charge of indecent assault and battery on a child after he allegedly groped and kissed a 14-year-old student who was helping him […]