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Today is National Teacher Appreciation Day. A day we give thanks to teachers and honor them. My mom was a teacher. A French teacher in a junior high and in her later years, she was a substitute teacher. It takes a special skill to do a job that I’m sure frazzles you more days than not. For many years, my wife was a Head Start teacher for Androscoggin Head Start. Kudos to her and her sister, Jessic

It wasn’t your run-of-the-mill show and tell.

Carly McKinney, a 23-year old Colorado high school teacher is currently on paid leave after posting some racy pictures of herself on her Twitter account. There's one of her half naked while others show her smoking pot and drinking alcohol.

Deborah Ford really takes that whole “neither rain nor hail” mantra seriously.

It's a Facebook photo middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns wished she never posted. The snap, which has since been removed from her page, showed several of her students with duct tape over their mouth. "Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!," read the caption.

Maria C. Waltherr-Willard, a longtime teacher in Ohio is suing her school district for allegedly discriminating against her because of her disability. What's her disability? She says she has a phobia of young children. Yes, you heard that correctly. Waltherr-Willard's lawsuit claims she experiences stress, anxiety, chest pains, vomiting, nightmares and higher than healthy blood pressure when she's

There are people all over the spectrum on this and I'm guessing there's no opinion out there that's not passionate. Now, a Utah gun group is offering free training to 200 educators so they can get their permits to carry a concealed weapon.

This is a sad story. My heart goes out to his family and friends. Kevin Grover who won "Teacher of the Year" in 2010 died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 40. He passed away just after he went out for a run.

It's been our experience that high school teachers generally frown upon pranks. But one teacher at Whitney Young High School in Chicago eagerly joined in when seniors staged an unauthorized dance battle. If only our teachers were this cool.

So your kids are back in school, which is great for you, considering you now have some peace and quiet around the house. You've bought them new pens and notebooks, and sent them on their way. Here's hoping that this year is a great one! You're sure your kids will excel in school this year, and the best way to make sure that'll happen is by attending Parent-Teacher Night. Unfortunately, this is ext

Chicago is in the midst of teacher strike that is affecting roughly 350,000 students. There is some debate over whether the strike is permitted under Illinois law since the unions' list of grievances extends beyond pay and benefits -- which are the only issues they have the legal right to strike over.

This morning, Monday September 10, at a school assembly at the Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland, Shannon Shanning was surprised with the announcement that she has been named the 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year by the Maine Department of Education.