A teacher in Swindon has lost his tribunal case after he got the sack for refusing to affirm the chosen male gender of a 17-year-old girl. The girl’s friend made a complaint after former maths teacher Kevin Lister questioned her decision to transition to live as a boy.
Glassbrook Elementary School in California’s Bay Area abandoned its “Woke Kindergarten” program on Feb. 12, after receiving nationwide backlash. The school reportedly spent over $200,000 to implement the program, but test scores subsequently dropped. Third-grade teacher Tiger Craven-Neeley publicly questioned the program and was placed on leave last week. He tells NTD more about what’s […]
SAN FRANCISCO—California State University (CSU) faculty members reached a tentative contract agreement Monday, the same day that nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers struck at the nation’s largest public university system, their union announced. Members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) will return to work Tuesday instead of continuing their planned weeklong walkout […]
Jennifer Lebedev is a long-time English teacher on social media. She has built up a massive following over the years, and she’s also known for her compassionate and positive approach to teaching her followers. Now she has been named “Kindness Ambassador” for the Ganjing World social media platform.
The same high school in northern France where a teacher was fatally stabbed on Oct. 13 was evacuated over a bomb threat. The Interior minister has promised to reinforce security measures in French schools amidst what he called a “jihadist atmosphere.”
Brisbane, Australia—An Australian teacher who killed his wife so he could start a new life with a teenage student has been sentenced to an extra year in prison for a crime committed when the girl was 16 years old. Chris Dawson, 75, sat with his head in his hands as he awaited the sentence on […]
REDLANDS, Calif.—A Southern California school district will pay $2.25 million to settle the latest lawsuit involving a teacher who became pregnant by one of at least two students she was accused of sexually abusing. The settlement brings to $8.25 million the amount paid by Redlands Unified School District to Laura Whitehurst’s victims since her 2013 […]
COLUMBIA, S.C.—The family of a 31-year-old teacher killed last week after a falling utility pole struck her in a small South Carolina town is taking aim at poor rural infrastructure, saying that contributed to an avoidable death. Jeunelle Robinson was walking on her lunch break Aug. 23 down a Main Street intersection in Wagener when, […]
The first-grade teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia has resigned from her position, school officials said Tuesday, more than two months after she sued the district for $40 million. The last day of Abby Zwerner’s contract was Monday, Newport News Public Schools said in a statement. The district said that Zwerner […]
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—Four months after a 6-year-old Virginia boy shot and wounded his teacher as she taught class, an attorney for the boy’s mother said it still is not clear how the boy got the gun. Police have said Deja Taylor legally purchased the gun used in the Jan. 6 shooting and Taylor’s attorney, James […]
First Republic Bank is back in the headlines as regulators sold the bank over the weekend. We have more on the deal and what this now means for customers. In North Bay, a driver fell hundreds of feet down a ravine. But luckily, several agencies worked together to lift the driver back to safety. Lawmakers […]
NORFOLK, Va.—The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state’s workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abigail Zwerner was “clearly injured while at work, at her place of employment, by a student in the […]
Two Iowa teenagers charged in the beating death of a high school teacher pleaded guilty to first-degree murder on Tuesday. Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale both changed their pleas to guilty Tuesday and admitted helping kill 66-year-old Nohema Graber, their Spanish teacher at Fairfield High School. Investigators said the attack was possibly regarding a dispute […]
A Virginia grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot an elementary school teacher in Newport News in January on felony child neglect and a firearms charge. On Jan. 6, 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner was wounded by a first-grade student in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School after school officials […]
RICHMOND, Va.—A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings on the day of the shooting that the boy had a gun and was in a “violent mood.” […]
A union strike caused schools to close in Los Angeles Tuesday, with demands for higher wages. The strike could last for three days. NTD spoke to a former public school teacher to hear more about teachers unions, their history, and the impact of these labor strikes. The governor had planned to expand financial aid programs […]
RICHMOND, Va.—A Virginia teacher who was shot and wounded by her 6-year-old student said she has had four surgeries and is going through a challenging recovery. Speaking publicly for the first time since the Jan. 6 shooting, first-grade teacher Abby Zwerner said during an exclusive interview with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie that she has some days […]
A Newport News, Virginia elementary school teacher helped her students to safety after a 6-year-old student brought a 9 mm Taurus pistol into her classroom in a backpack and allegedly shot her in the chest, police said in an update on Monday. Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters on Monday that police interviewed […]
CROWN POINT, Ind.—A fifth-grade teacher in northwestern Indiana charged with felony intimidation after authorities say she told a student she had a “kill list” of students and staff has agreed to stay away from the school. Angelica Carrasquillo, 25, of Griffith signed a no-contact order Friday without objection when she appeared wearing a green jail […]
A Florida father has sued his son’s middle school and school district for allegedly advocating for homosexuality as an alternative way of life, which he argues violates a new state law that bans classroom discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity. Francisco “Frank” Deliu filed a lawsuit on Oct. 12 after his 7th-grade son told him […]
