September 26, 2018 Florida teacher claims she lost job after refusing to give half-credit to students who didn't turn in work A Florida history teacher said Monday she was fired for refusing to give half-credit to students who failed to turn in their assignments.
September 21, 2018 Ole Miss faculty ask donor to remove name after racial post University of Mississippi journalism faculty have met amid calls that the university remove a donor's name from its journalism school following a social media post criticized for an "unjustified racial overtone."
September 21, 2018 The Latest: Faculty ask donor to remove name from school The Latest on a dispute at the University of Mississippi over a social media post by a donor (all times local): 10:15 p.m. Journalism faculty members at the University of Mississippi are asking a donor to voluntarily remove his name from the journalism school following a social media post criticized for an "unjustified racial overtone."
September 20, 2018 Anti-Trump Georgetown professor goes on profane tirade against Kavanaugh, GOP An anti-Trump professor at Georgetown University went on a profanity-laced Twitter rant in opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of committing a sexual assault when he was a teen.
September 19, 2018 California district latest to modernize 'sexist' dress code The relaxed new dress code at public schools in the small city of Alameda, across the bay from San Francisco, is intentionally specific: Midriff-baring shirts are acceptable attire, so are tank tops with spaghetti straps and other once-banned items like micro-mini skirts and short shorts.
September 17, 2018 Strike ending for last Washington teachers still picketing The last of the estimated 125,000 Washington state children who missed the start of school because of teacher strikes are now all going back to class, ending a series of teacher strikes over pay raises that escalated some cases to court and state intervention.
September 4, 2018 Water coolers replace school drinking fountains in Detroit Thousands of Detroit public schools students are being told to drink from district-supplied water coolers or bottled water on the first day of classes.
August 29, 2018 Washington state strikes delay school for 75K students The school year has been delayed for more than 75,000 students in southwestern Washington state this week after teachers and districts failed to reach contract agreements over teacher salaries.
August 26, 2018 Ex-teacher threatens '200-plus' tank assault, prompting district to tighten security: report School officials in a Florida community say they have heightened security after a former teacher threatened to "seize" a school board building using "200-plus armored tanks."
August 18, 2018 Boarding school: 7 former staffers sexually abused students An elite Connecticut boarding school has found that seven former faculty members sexually abused students primarily during the 1970s and 1980s.
