School Teacher

December 10December 10
Elementary teacher is on leave after asking students to ‘set your price for a slave’
- Entertainment
When Angela Walker went through her son’s school folder, she was shocked to find what the fifth grader had been working on in class. A social studies assignment from Blades Elementary School in Oakville, Missouri, had asked some students, including her biracial son, to imagine that they work in the slave trade. Then it prompted […]
May 02May 02
Teacher caught on video kicking 5-year-old could face criminal charges
- Entertainment
A Kansas elementary school teacher who was seen in a surveillance video kicking a 5-year-old student could face criminal charges. The second-year teacher, identified by a spokesman for the Shawnee Mission School District as Crystal Smith, was fired a month after the Feb. 21 incident at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary School in Shawnee, a suburb of Kansas […]
July 19July 19
Angel Flight: Passengers Donate Money for School Supplies
- Entertainment
A Chicago school teacher chose the perfect flight to help better the lives of her students. Kimber Bermudez is a teacher in Chicago, and she took to Facebook to share what happened to her on a flight the day before. Here’s her story: I write this in awe of my day yesterday. I was sitting […]
June 01June 01
Prosecutors: Ex-Teacher Exploited Teen Girl for Child Porn
- Crime
A former Burbank elementary school teacher already facing state sex-crime charges was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a 15-year-old ex-student to produce child pornography, prosecutors said Friday. Thursday’s indictment accuses Sean David Sigler, 53, of Burbank, of 11 counts, including obtaining custody and control of a minor with intent to produce […]