<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - teacher</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/teacher</link><description>Newsvine - teacher</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:22:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 03:12:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Danish teachers locked out after talks fail</title>
<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of Danish teachers were locked out of schools on Tuesday after negotiations with municipal authorities over weekly work hours failed to produce an agreement.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Steed]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Steed]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570726-danish-teachers-locked-out-after-talks-fail</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17570726-danish-teachers-locked-out-after-talks-fail</guid><category>eu</category><category>denmark</category><category>teacher</category><category>world-news</category><category>lockout</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Apr 2013 16:22:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Puerto Rico teachers protest changing pension plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dozens of teachers in Puerto Rico are protesting a proposal to cut retirement benefits and increase employee contributions to help save the island's crumbling public pension system.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17329628-puerto-rico-teachers-protest-changing-pension-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17329628-puerto-rico-teachers-protest-changing-pension-plan</guid><category>puerto-rico</category><category>protest</category><category>teacher</category><category>world-news</category><category>cb</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:48:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Charges dropped against Calif. special ed teacher</title>
<description><![CDATA[Prosecutors have dropped charges against a San Francisco Bay Area elementary school teacher accused of kicking, slapping and withholding food from some of her students.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272492-charges-dropped-against-calif-special-ed-teacher</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17272492-charges-dropped-against-calif-special-ed-teacher</guid><category>us</category><category>child</category><category>teacher</category><category>cruelty</category><category>us-news</category><category>san-francisco-bay-area</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:27:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>1 of nation's oldest teachers retires in LA at 94</title>
<description><![CDATA[Rose Gilbert wanted to be a schoolteacher since she was in the first grade and was inspired by the teacher who taught her to read and write.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Hoag]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christina Hoag]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149119-1-of-nations-oldest-teachers-retires-in-la-at-94</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/01/17149119-1-of-nations-oldest-teachers-retires-in-la-at-94</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>nonagenarian</category><category>rose-gilbert</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:22:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fb93387-787d-4cc9-9169-88c9fe9b67a4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3fb93387-787d-4cc9-9169-88c9fe9b67a4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - This Feb. 6, 2007 file photo shows Octogenarian teacher Rose Gilbert, 88, in her Advance Placement English Literature  class at the Pacific Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, Calif. One of the oldest full time schoolteachers in the nation has retired at the age of 94. Gilbert has been teaching since 1956. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Substitute tests Taser in class; won't be charged</title>
<description><![CDATA[A substitute teacher who tested a stun gun during class at a suburban St. Louis grade school will not face criminal investigation, a police official said Thursday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Salter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Salter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17134619-substitute-tests-taser-in-class-wont-be-charged</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/28/17134619-substitute-tests-taser-in-class-wont-be-charged</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>taser</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:12:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ohio court spars with lawyers in school Bible case</title>
<description><![CDATA[State Supreme Court justices sparred with lawyers on Wednesday in a heated hour of arguments over the extent to which a now-fired public school science teacher had the right to push his religious beliefs in class.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Carr Smyth]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Carr Smyth]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17112015-ohio-court-spars-with-lawyers-in-school-bible-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17112015-ohio-court-spars-with-lawyers-in-school-bible-case</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>bible</category><category>ohio-supreme-court</category><category>state-supreme-court</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:37:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b7951932-e163-482e-a26d-b4ab26c8450b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b7951932-e163-482e-a26d-b4ab26c8450b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 16, 2008 file photo, John Freshwater, center, addresses a crowd on Mount Vernon's public square in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court is ready to hear arguments in the case of Freshwater, a fired public school science teacher who kept a bible on his desk and was accused of preaching religious beliefs in class. (AP Photo/Mount Vernon News, Pam Schehl, File)  MANDATORY CREDIT MOUNT VERNON NEWS, PAM SCHEHL&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ohio diocese: No bias vs. unmarried pregnant woman</title>
<description><![CDATA[A Roman Catholic archdiocese in Ohio has denied discriminating against an unmarried Catholic school teacher who says she was fired because she was pregnant.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089732-ohio-diocese-no-bias-vs-unmarried-pregnant-woman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/25/17089732-ohio-diocese-no-bias-vs-unmarried-pregnant-woman</guid><category>us</category><category>fired</category><category>teacher</category><category>pregnant</category><category>roman-catholic</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:44:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>NYC teachers' pension fund divests from gun makers</title>
<description><![CDATA[The $46.6 billion pension fund for New York City schoolteachers has sold its stock in companies that make guns and ammunition, city officials announced Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975251-nyc-teachers-pension-fund-divests-from-gun-makers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/15/16975251-nyc-teachers-pension-fund-divests-from-gun-makers</guid><category>us</category><category>pensions</category><category>shooting</category><category>teacher</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>school-shooting</category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 16:34:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Music teachers now eligible for new Grammy honor</title>
<description><![CDATA[Music teachers are now eligible for a Grammy honor of their own.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Cohen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sandy Cohen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16894609-music-teachers-now-eligible-for-new-grammy-honor</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/08/16894609-music-teachers-now-eligible-for-new-grammy-honor</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>award</category><category>teacher</category><category>grammywatch</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:06:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=206c43fa-9483-4486-baa5-06a71f0e8e3d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=206c43fa-9483-4486-baa5-06a71f0e8e3d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singers Lupe Fiasco, left, and Guy Sebastian perform at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=224b4d76-c3e8-4c5c-a1ac-b59ae20142b5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=224b4d76-c3e8-4c5c-a1ac-b59ae20142b5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Lianne La Havas performs at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d30589a1-8b8c-4998-bc91-8b7d333ffaf7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d30589a1-8b8c-4998-bc91-8b7d333ffaf7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Leann Rimes performs at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5800dc95-2e6f-437d-b9e8-5c5fef02584e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5800dc95-2e6f-437d-b9e8-5c5fef02584e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Musician Kenny Wayne Sheperd, left, and singer Leann Rimes perform at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38767e2b-557e-4aee-8111-a836d2158d45.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=38767e2b-557e-4aee-8111-a836d2158d45.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Musicians Emmy Lou Harris, left, and Rodney Crowell perform at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71c901f7-0536-4112-b1c9-58fb68de6cc9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71c901f7-0536-4112-b1c9-58fb68de6cc9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Musician George Thorogood performs at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d36b9491-4741-45b7-a0df-1b3eb631c452.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d36b9491-4741-45b7-a0df-1b3eb631c452.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Dionne Warwick performs at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6929408-2f4a-4f21-9b63-0eb8ed3ed408.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6929408-2f4a-4f21-9b63-0eb8ed3ed408.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Singer Yolanda Adams performs at &quot;Play It Forward: A Celebration of Music's Evolution and Influencers&quot; at the Grammy Foundation's 15th Annual Music Preservation Project, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Educator pleads guilty in teacher testing fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[A longtime Memphis educator accused of leading a 15-year scheme to help teachers cheat on qualification exams changed his plea to guilty on Friday, a week after he rejected a deal from prosecutors.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16810427-educator-pleads-guilty-in-teacher-testing-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/01/16810427-educator-pleads-guilty-in-teacher-testing-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>fraud</category><category>testing</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Feb 2013 21:08:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Educator rejects plea deal in teacher testing case</title>
<description><![CDATA[A longtime Memphis educator rejected a plea deal Friday on charges that he masterminded a yearslong scheme to help teachers cheat on qualification tests, with his attorney saying the man is "all prayed up" and wants to face trial.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16699679-educator-rejects-plea-deal-in-teacher-testing-case</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16699679-educator-rejects-plea-deal-in-teacher-testing-case</guid><category>us</category><category>fraud</category><category>testing</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:45:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ohio teacher may be fired over duct-taped students</title>
<description><![CDATA[A northeast Ohio middle-school teacher has until later this week to respond to an allegation that she posted a Facebook photo of her students with their mouths covered with duct tape.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16640990-ohio-teacher-may-be-fired-over-duct-taped-students</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/21/16640990-ohio-teacher-may-be-fired-over-duct-taped-students</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>photo</category><category>us-news</category><category>duct-tape</category><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:54:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. porn actress-turned teacher loses appeal</title>
<description><![CDATA[A middle-school science teacher fired after students learned she had appeared in pornographic movies had hoped not just to get her job back, but to set a precedent for people looking to escape an embarrassing personal history.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16533599-calif-porn-actress-turned-teacher-loses-appeal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16533599-calif-porn-actress-turned-teacher-loses-appeal</guid><category>us</category><category>porn</category><category>teacher</category><category>video</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:22:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ohio ex-teacher sues, says she fears young kids</title>
<description><![CDATA[A former high school teacher is accusing school district administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a fear of young children.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Lee Myers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Amanda Lee Myers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16526302-ohio-ex-teacher-sues-says-she-fears-young-kids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/15/16526302-ohio-ex-teacher-sues-says-she-fears-young-kids</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>kids</category><category>odd-news</category><category>fears</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:15:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5258bbc7-95e1-4070-bce6-7c07bf69ab45.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5258bbc7-95e1-4070-bce6-7c07bf69ab45.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 2011 photo shows Maria Waltherr-Willard, 61, who taught Spanish and French at Mariemont High School in Cincinnati from 1976 until 2009, when she was transferred to the district's middle school. Waltherr-Willard is suing the school district where she used to work, accusing its administrators of discriminating against her because of a rare phobia she says she has: a fear of young children. Waltherr-Willard says the seventh- and eighth-graders at the middle school triggered her phobia, and she was forced to retire in the middle of the 2010-2011 school year. (AP Photo/Community Press, Heidi Fallon)  MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALES&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Lesson flap: Teacher accused of stomping on flag</title>
<description><![CDATA[An English teacher at a South Carolina high school is facing disciplinary action after officials say he stomped on an American flag in front of his students in a bid to spur discussion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16452399-lesson-flap-teacher-accused-of-stomping-on-flag</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16452399-lesson-flap-teacher-accused-of-stomping-on-flag</guid><category>us</category><category>flag</category><category>teacher</category><category>south-carolina</category><category>us-news</category><category>stomped</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 22:53:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Correction: School Shooting-Teacher Pensions story</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a story Dec. 20 about public pension funds investing in gun makers, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote. Howard Goldman, spokesman for the Texas Retirement System, did not say it would be difficult if not impossible to fulfill the fund's obligations "while managing portfolios that reflect the social concerns of all of our shareholders." That should have been attributed to the Vanguard money management firm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16326714-correction-school-shooting-teacher-pensions-story</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/03/16326714-correction-school-shooting-teacher-pensions-story</guid><category>us</category><category>pensions</category><category>shooting</category><category>teacher</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>school-shooting</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:24:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Heroic actions bring change in tone on teachers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hung on a building in the Connecticut town where 20 children and six adults were killed at an elementary school is a spray-painted sign with four words: "Hug a teacher today."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16119944-heroic-actions-bring-change-in-tone-on-teachers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/24/16119944-heroic-actions-bring-change-in-tone-on-teachers</guid><category>us</category><category>connecticut</category><category>shooting</category><category>school</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>a-teacher</category><category>hug-a-teacher</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:33:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd1a280f-ca31-4ed7-9a8a-c93acef60565.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cd1a280f-ca31-4ed7-9a8a-c93acef60565.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 file photo, Gary Seri, general manager at the Stone River Grille, hangs a sign reading &quot;HUG A TEACHER TODAY&quot; written on a table cloth in honor of the teachers who died along with students a day earlier when a gunman opened fire at the Sandy Hook elementary school in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn. Seri said the teachers were scheduled to have their holiday party at his restaurant. He put up red balloons that were not used when a sweet 16 party was canceled the night before, in lieu of the massacre. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pension funds reconsider investments in gun makers</title>
<description><![CDATA[From California to New York, teacher and public-worker retirement funds are reconsidering their investments in gun makers and confronting an uncomfortable fact: Their pensions have supported the manufacture of deadly weapons, in some cases the same type of gun used in the Connecticut school shooting.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Gormley]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Gormley]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16047781-pension-funds-reconsider-investments-in-gun-makers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/20/16047781-pension-funds-reconsider-investments-in-gun-makers</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>pensions</category><category>shooting</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>school-shooting</category><category>from-california</category><pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:47:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e618fc1-5731-4e9c-8c69-c82b395a0d76.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e618fc1-5731-4e9c-8c69-c82b395a0d76.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jeanne Walker of Newtown walks through an overflowing memorial to the shooting victims in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.   Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,  Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7430078-a075-49e0-a4cb-616a6434f7d5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d7430078-a075-49e0-a4cb-616a6434f7d5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The casket of teacher Anne Marie Murphy, who was killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn., is lifted from St. Mary Of The Assumption Church after a funeral service in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  Murphy died when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,  Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself.   (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=881f3aec-453b-40ef-82f4-9ec9882d3953.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=881f3aec-453b-40ef-82f4-9ec9882d3953.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A mourner of teacher Anne Marie Murphy, who was killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newtown, Conn., hugs an officiate at St. Mary Of The Assumption Church after a funeral service in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  Murphy was killed  Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66b52ea8-ed86-4d1d-b14b-a61a70c79bbc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=66b52ea8-ed86-4d1d-b14b-a61a70c79bbc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mourners exit St. Mary Of The Assumption Church in Katonah, N.Y. after the funeral for Anne Marie Murphy on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012.  Murphy was killed when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/The Stamford Advocate, Lindsay Niegelberg) MANDATORY CREDIT  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=496278c0-ad34-45f2-89c7-2c03cf800ab9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=496278c0-ad34-45f2-89c7-2c03cf800ab9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A young mourner is escorted from the funeral of teacher Anne Marie Murphy at the St. Mary Of The Assumption Church in Katonah, N.Y. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. Murphy was killed when Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>LA district wants to settle claims over teacher</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Los Angeles Unified School District hopes to settle 189 legal actions by late January in a case involving a former elementary teacher accused of lewd acts with students that were so shocking, they prompted the district to remove all employees at the school while it did a thorough investigation.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Hoag]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christina Hoag]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15734072-la-district-wants-to-settle-claims-over-teacher</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15734072-la-district-wants-to-settle-claims-over-teacher</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>lawsuits</category><category>us-news</category><category>bondage</category><category>classroom</category><category>los-angeles-unified-school-district</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:42:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Feds: Teachers embroiled in test-taking fraud</title>
<description><![CDATA[It was a brazen and surprisingly long-lived scheme, authorities said, to help aspiring public school teachers cheat on the tests they must pass to prove they are qualified to lead their classrooms.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Adrian Sainz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15429039-feds-teachers-embroiled-in-test-taking-fraud</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/25/15429039-feds-teachers-embroiled-in-test-taking-fraud</guid><category>us</category><category>fraud</category><category>testing</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:11:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79b210da-b7a7-459c-bbaf-1863f3432e2d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=79b210da-b7a7-459c-bbaf-1863f3432e2d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Friday, Nov. 23, 2012, Neal Kingston, director of the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas, talks about testing fraud in his Lawrence, Kan., office. Theres a never-ending war between those who try to maintain standards and those who are looking out for their own interests,&quot; says Kingston. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1c7b9b7d-2f4b-4b70-bc28-cbdbb078bfb5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1c7b9b7d-2f4b-4b70-bc28-cbdbb078bfb5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 photograph, a sign is seen on Rosedale Road, in Princeton, N.J., for Educational Testing Services. ETS writes and administers Praxis teacher certification examinations. In one case, 52 teachers were charged with paying up to $1,000 apiece to a former Educational Testing Services proctor to ensure a passing grade on teacher certification tests. ETS spokesman Tom Ewing said the company has discovered cheating in some cases, conducted an investigation and canceled scores. Ewing said ETS observes test-takers and reviews test scores to try to root out cheaters. ETS also has received anonymous tips that have led them to cheaters, Ewing said. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Idaho teacher in face-marking incident faces probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[A southern Idaho teacher whose students used a permanent marker on the faces of classmates who fell short of reading goals is the subject of a formal complaint.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15222746-idaho-teacher-in-face-marking-incident-faces-probe</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15222746-idaho-teacher-in-face-marking-incident-faces-probe</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>faces-marked</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:55:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. principal guilty of failing to report abuse</title>
<description><![CDATA[The conviction of a former California principal for failing to report suspected sexual abuse of a child by a teacher marked just the second time in two decades that Santa Clara County prosecutors had pursued the misdemeanor charge &#8212; and it was the first time they won, officials said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14886624-calif-principal-guilty-of-failing-to-report-abuse</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14886624-calif-principal-guilty-of-failing-to-report-abuse</guid><category>us</category><category>sex</category><category>san-jose</category><category>assault</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>santa-clara-county</category><category>helen-keller</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 20:19:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Calif. teacher fired for porn site wants job back</title>
<description><![CDATA[A California teacher fired after she was accused of operating pornographic websites from a school-issued laptop is fighting to get her job back in hearings that began this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647791-calif-teacher-fired-for-porn-site-wants-job-back</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14647791-calif-teacher-fired-for-porn-site-wants-job-back</guid><category>us</category><category>porn</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:20:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Teachers make money selling materials online</title>
<description><![CDATA[Kristine Nannini spent her summer creating wall charts and student data sheets for her fifth grade class &#8212; and making $24,000 online by selling those same materials to other teachers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donna Gordon Blankinship]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Donna Gordon Blankinship]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14359706-teachers-make-money-selling-materials-online</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14359706-teachers-make-money-selling-materials-online</guid><category>us</category><category>online</category><category>teacher</category><category>us-news</category><category>resources</category><category>kristine-nannini</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:03:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bbc60732-3636-47f2-a641-6cc0e5987afb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bbc60732-3636-47f2-a641-6cc0e5987afb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a photo from Sept. 14, 2012, Kristine Nannini passes out student data sheets she created to her fifth grade class at McGrath Elementary in Grand Blanc, Mich. Nannini spent her summer creating her own charts and student data sheets. It was something she imagined other teachers across the nation would want. So she decided to cash in on her prep time and sell her materials on teacherspayteachers.com. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42ccedea-4590-4500-b62d-54701940aed5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42ccedea-4590-4500-b62d-54701940aed5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a photo from Sept. 14, 2012, Kristine Nannini points out information on a student data sheet she created to her fifth grade class at McGrath Elementary in Grand Blanc, Mich. Nannini spent her summer creating her own charts and student data sheets. It was something she imagined other teachers across the nation would want. So she decided to cash in on her prep time and sell her materials on teacherspayteachers.com. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67878850-8517-41b1-8b8e-c0081f84a3d8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=67878850-8517-41b1-8b8e-c0081f84a3d8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a photo from Sept. 14, 2012, a closeup of a student data sheet created by Kristine Nannini is shown in her fifth grade class at McGrath Elementary in Grand Blanc, Mich. Nannini spent her summer creating her own charts and student data sheets. It was something she imagined other teachers across the nation would want. So she decided to cash in on her prep time and sell her materials on teacherspayteachers.com. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ba27345-a2c5-4a4f-a70c-1b9a0e2c61bf.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9ba27345-a2c5-4a4f-a70c-1b9a0e2c61bf.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teacher Deanna Jump quizzes her first-grade students at Central Fellowship Christian Academy in Macon, Ga., on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1012.  Jump is the first million-dollar seller on teacherspayteachers.com, a website that teachers use to buy and sell school supplies, bulletin board designs and lesson plans. (AP Photo/Todd Stone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e563f5b2-4565-4d54-9702-aecafe489987.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="376" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e563f5b2-4565-4d54-9702-aecafe489987.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Deanna Jump, a first-grade teacher at Central Fellowship Christian Academy in Macon, Ga., instructs her students in math on Wednesday, September 12, 2012.  Jump, the top seller on the website teacherspayteachers.com, has been invited to multiple school systems across the country to share her teaching methods. (AP Photo/Todd Stone)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15349c2c-6926-4a60-abf4-e422a0c729a2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=15349c2c-6926-4a60-abf4-e422a0c729a2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In a photo from Sept. 14, 2012, Kristine Nannini points to her common core wall charts she created to her fifth grade class at McGrath Elementary in Grand Blanc, Mich. Nannini spent her summer creating her own charts and student data sheets. It was something she imagined other teachers across the nation would want. So she decided to cash in on her prep time and sell her materials on teacherspayteachers.com. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Teen arrested in sucker-punching of Pa. teacher</title>
<description><![CDATA[A teenager who sucker punched a schoolteacher in a downtown alley &#8212; an attack caught on surveillance video &#8212; apparently picked the victim at random, police and school officials said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14342884-teen-arrested-in-sucker-punching-of-pa-teacher</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14342884-teen-arrested-in-sucker-punching-of-pa-teacher</guid><category>us</category><category>teacher</category><category>punched</category><category>us-news</category><category>sucker-punched</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:11:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>