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West Philly Teacher Uses Cards to Inspire COVID-19 Patients
A Philadelphia teacher is traveling from hospital to hospital with cards of encouragement to inspire patients who are battling coronavirus to fight on. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has her story.
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Will Jill Biden Keep Teaching When She Becomes First Lady?
If Jill Biden were to continue her teaching job when her husband takes the Oval Office, it would make her the first first lady with a job outside the White House
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Suspect in Teacher's Beheading in France Was Chechen Teen
French authorities say a suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack
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Private School Teacher Accused of Having 18-Month Sexual Relationship With a Student
A teacher at a Montgomery County private school is accused of having an 18-month sexual relationship with a student. Now a second student is coming forward and making allegations. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.
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Teacher at Montco Private School Accused of Having Sex With Student
A private school teacher in the Philadelphia suburbs is accused of carrying on a monthslong sexual relationship with an underage student inside and outside of the school that only recently came to light due to text messages and emails shared by the victim, authorities said.
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Tom Wolf, Running for Pennsylvania Governor in the 2018 Midterm Elections
Tom Wolf, the scion of one of the oldest and most successful families in York County, won a first term in 2014 by making Republican Gov. Tom Corbett the first incumbent to go down in defeat since Pennsylvania in the 1970s began allowing governors to serve a second term.
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A Teacher Explains How to Talk to Children About Racism
It’s never too early to start teaching children to be antiracist, said Brittany Smith, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Steps as simple as buying books that feature diverse faces is a good start.
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Teachers at NJ School Deliver Food to Students in Need
When New Jersey closed public schools, a new challenge presented itself. How to feed students who rely on free or reduced lunches. Teachers at one school are volunteering to answer that challenge. NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Danny Pommells speaks to a teacher and Eagles cheerleader who’s doing her part to help students in need.
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Robot Teaches Del. Students Lessons on Online Safety
A new type of teacher is showing up in classrooms across Delaware. It’s name is Zenbo. NBC10’s Tim Furlong shows us how it’s helping students learn important lessons.
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School District Investigating NJ Teacher's History Lesson Using Students as Slaves
An eighth grade social studies teacher had students act as if they were picking cotton and lay on a dirty floor while pretending to be slaves
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NJ Teacher Cleared for Lesson That Had Students Act as Slaves
A New Jersey school district has cleared a teacher of wrongdoing for having students pretend to be slaves as part of a history lesson. A spokesman for Toms River Regional School District said in a statement issued late Thursday that it was not the intention of eighth-grade social studies teacher Lawrence Cuneo to offend his students, the Asbury Park Press…
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‘Tell Me What the Reality Looks Like': Trying to Stop Suicides as Social Media Explodes
When Dese’Rae Stage interviews survivors of suicide attempts for a website she created, she asks herself a question news reporters may not always consider: How much did it hurt? A survivor herself, she wants to be sure that readers of her website “Live Through This” come away with a real picture of suicide — no romance, no facile explanations and...
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‘There Will Be No Teachers Left': Educators in Philadelphia Talk About Quitting, School Violence and Paying for Classroom Supplies
Teachers in Philadelphia don’t make a lot of money — between $46,000 and $84,000 — and it’s hard-earned: they deal with occasional in-school violence, constant pressure to improve test scores and a high-rate of turnover among their peers.
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Child Molester Victims to Get Nearly $11M in Settlement
Twelve former students of a man convicted of sexually abusing them when he was their teacher at a San Francisco Bay Area school will receive a combined $10.9 million to settle a lawsuit against the school, an attorney said.
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Teacher at Christian School Accused of Having Sexual Relationship With Student
A teacher at a Montgomery County Christian school is accused of having a sexual relationship with one of his students. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has the details.
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Many Homes Still Without Roofs in Puerto Rico, 2 Years After María
When Doña Milagros Matos Marquez and her husband Don Cruz Marquez received the news that Hurricane María was approaching Trujillo Alto in Puerto Rico, they expected some rain and maybe a little bit of wind, like with previous storms. Instead María blew their roof off once the storm made landfall exactly two years ago on Friday. In the months after...
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Virginia Teacher Arrested for Holding Student Upside Down: Police
A Virginia teacher was charged with assault after he allegedly grabbed an 11-year-old girl by the ankles and held her upside down.
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Former ‘DWTS' Dancer Slams Substitute Teacher Lecturing His Child for Having 2 Dads
A substitute teacher berated a Utah fifth grader after he said during a pre-Thanksgiving lesson that he was thankful he’s finally going to be adopted by his two dads, the parents said. The boy’s classmates said the teacher told him, “that’s nothing to be thankful for” and lectured the 30 kids in the class about her views on homosexuality. She...
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NJ Bus Driver Speaks Out After Being Accused of Watching Porn In Front of Students
A New Jersey bus driver and his wife are speaking out after he was accused of watching porn in front of elementary school students. They insist the entire ordeal was a huge misunderstanding.
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10-Year-Old Charged With Sex Offense at Maryland School
A 10-year-old has been charged with fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault for an incident at an elementary school, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.