Ivy League Prof Who Called Hamas Attacks ‘Energizing’ Returns To Classroom After Skirting Punishment
A Cornell University professor who called the Oct. 7 Hamas attack “energizing” has returned to class without facing disciplinary action. After making the comments at a rally in October, Rickford faced backlash from students, lawmakers and the public and ended up taking a “voluntary” leave of absence for the remainder of the academic year. According […]
Florida Substitute Teacher Caught Masturbating in Classroom
A Florida substitute teacher may face charges after two students saw him masturbating in a classroom, police said. Harvey Cole, a 26-year-old substitute teacher at Bridge Prep Academy in Riverview, Caught FOX 13 reported that the students committed the crime during their lunch break on May 13th. The school reported the incident to the Hillsborough […]
CUNY professor in alleged drug-dealing, student-sex scandal will return to classroom
CUNY has failed to drain this swamp. A professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice implicated in a drug-dealing and student sex scandal that has rocked the taxpayer-funded City University of New York is set to return to teaching next year, The Washington Post has learned. In 2019, John Jay College President Carol Mason […]
NYC teacher hit by stray bullet in 6th-floor classroom calls incident ‘last thing’ he expected
A Bronx middle school was on edge as the new school year began Thursday, a day after a teacher was gunned down in his classroom, something he said he “never expected.” Special education teacher Jairo Colon, 33, was hit by a mysterious bullet that flew through a sixth-floor window at Junior High School No. 391 […]
Texas principal flown to hospital after getting injured in ‘classroom disruption’; student detained
A “class disruption” at a high school in Texas left a vice principal seriously injured and one student in custody in connection with the incident. Corsicana Independent School District statement On Friday, the department said Candra Rogers was taken by helicopter after the incident but gave few details about what happened. “This has been a […]
Video Shows Bear Roaming Around Classroom After Charging In
A California teacher was greeted by an unexpected guest on Tuesday after he charged into his classroom and captured a roaming bear. Elaine Salmon, a teacher at Peak to Peak Mountain Charter School in Pine Mountain Club, California, was preparing her classroom for the next school year when the bear broke into her room. According […]
Teacher hit with maximum prison sentence after found guilty of sex abuse in classroom with 8th-grade student on graduation day
A former California teacher has been convicted of sexually abusing an eighth-grader on graduation day and received the maximum prison sentence, authorities said. of Gridley Police Department In November 2023, Gridley Unified School District arrested suspect Michelle Christine Solis, 46, after a concerned parent claimed “explicit photos” of the teacher were “circulating among students.” The […]
The Crisis of Exploitation in the Classroom: Teachers’ Unions
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Teachers’ Unions Teachers’ unions are to the education of students what a ball and chain are to a swimmer. Their counter-educational mission is the collective maximization of pay and benefits coupled with a collective minimization of work. Whether students learn is an afterthought, like an extra in a Cecille B. […]
How Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement will be funded, enforced
BATON ROUGE, La. — Litigation is already underway over a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be posted in classrooms, but details of how the requirement will be implemented and enforced remain unclear. Florida law allows school districts to hire volunteer chaplains to counsel students, while Oklahoma’s top education officer has ordered […]
From classroom to podium: The journey of US student athletes to the Olympics
Student-athletes competing in the Olympics in Paris this summer face the monumental challenge of training for their sport while also attending college classes. The university sends many students to compete representing the United States and other countries, but it requires collaboration between coaches and exceptional dedication and time management from students to achieve their athletic […]