As Chicago Public Schools announced the cancellation of a seventh day of classes, hundreds of striking educators and support staff at Chicago Teachers Union headquarters Thursday received civil disobedience training. The training session signals that members of the CTU and SEIU Local 73 are planning to escalate their demonstration efforts…
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By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press YAMBIO, South Sudan – When he escaped the armed group that had abducted him at the age of 15, the child soldier swore he’d never go back. But the South Sudanese teen still thinks about returning to the bush, six months after the United Nations…
It’s a proposal that in the world of hard-nosed negotiating seems pretty reasonable. The Ford government offered to meet the union representing public high school teachers halfway on the issue of class size. The response from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation was to walk out, end talks with a…
This story is part of an ongoing series on Exceptional Humans and the scientists studying them to help us all benefit from their superhuman abilities. Jane Evans, a retired chemistry teacher who lives a few miles from Scranton, Pennsylvania, is from a family of short sleepers. She typically sleeps about…
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – Deputies arrested 71-year-old Joseph Cherima on Monday for sexual battery. His alleged victim is just 8 years old. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office told the Miami Herald that Cherima took her into a dark bedroom on Aug. 31, locked and forced her…
AS HE SLUMPED in his chair, listening to some interviewer or student, Harold Bloom could seem a very picture of gloom. His jowly head leaned lower on his hand; his eyes sank deeper in their dark circles; his impressive belly sagged outward with each breath. Inside that head reposed all…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) A video obtained by WVLT News showed a student repeatedly punching another child inside a bathroom at Hardin Valley Academy in Knoxville.On Thursday, October 24, the Knox County Sheriff’s Office confirmed an investigation was underway.A KCSO spokesperson said charges had not been filed as of 10:30 a.m….
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Over the past week, employees at National Heritage Academies (NHA) have been celebrating Safe Office Week with a different themed event each day. This week-long celebration coincides with Safe Schools Week, which has been recognized at the organization’s schools annually for the…
He was the closest. “I wanted to believe that it was just a little girl who fell down and might need a little bit of help,” Connelly said, bracing himself for what was to come. “Quickly, I realized that it was a little bit more than that.” Arriving on scene,…