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Teacher's Aide Fired for Refusing to Let Employers Access Her Facebook Account

Shauna Wright — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:49:06 +0000

A few schools have made the news lately for over-policing students’ social media accounts.

Now it seems to be happening to employees, too, because a Michigan teacher’s aide claims she was fired for refusing to give her bosses access to her Facebook page.

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Brave Teacher Rescues Toddler from Burning Car

Don Deane — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:05:48 +0000

As further proof that teachers don’t get paid nearly enough, a heroic elementary school teacher recently rescued a toddler from a SUV that had caught fire in the pickup lane at Cameron Ranch Elementary School in Carmichael, CA.

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Mother Sues Teacher for Stealing Son's Lunch Money

Shauna Wright — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:22:56 +0000

When Baltimore mom Lynsai Green found out her second-grader had a negative balance with the school cafeteria, she was confused — until her son told her one of his teachers was routinely stealing his lunch money.

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Are Teachers Overpaid or Underpaid? – Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:43:49 +0000

Although it varies from state to state, the average salary of a public school teacher in the United States is about $50,000 a year. For comparison sake, the average full-time worker in any profession has a median personal income of about $39,000 a year. Are teachers getting the better end of the stick?

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