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- Shouldn’t More Be Done to Prepare New Teachers?
- Rural Missouri Sheriff Talks to Schools About Arming Teachers
- New York City's schools could lose 2,500 teachers by next year
- National Liberal Arts Colleges Where Most Accepted Students Enroll
- Tips for Parents to Help Teens De-Stress
| Shouldn’t More Be Done to Prepare New Teachers? Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:30 PM PST We've all been inside a classroom, and there's a good chance we've each had at least one teacher who wasn't prepared for the task at hand. |
| Rural Missouri Sheriff Talks to Schools About Arming Teachers Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:11 PM PST Christian County (Mo.) Sheriff Joey Kyle has had several conversations with school districts in his county regarding armed teachers in the classroom. KYTV reports Kyle cited response time by authorities in the event of an armed person invading a school. He said it would take up to 20 minutes for police or sheriff's deputies to get to some rural areas of the county. In that span of time, lives could be lost. Because of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., Kyle believes arming teachers is one solution. Some school administrators showed concerns about the possibility. |
| New York City's schools could lose 2,500 teachers by next year Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:28 AM PST (Reuters) - New York City's public schools over two years will lose $724 million in state aid and as many as 2,500 teachers through attrition, because of a labor union conflict over a teacher evaluation system, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday. The schools lost $250 million of that total earlier this month after the city and United Federation of Teachers failed to agree on a way to evaluate teacher performance. ... |
| National Liberal Arts Colleges Where Most Accepted Students Enroll Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:17 AM PST Though prospective college students are increasingly applying to more schools, each applicant can ultimately enroll in just one. For fall 2011, some of the most popular choices among students were U.S. service academies. |
| Tips for Parents to Help Teens De-Stress Posted: 28 Jan 2013 09:41 AM PST With school work, sports, and other extracurriculars--not to mention looming college application deadlines--it's easy to see how high school students could feel a little stressed out. |
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