@AlisciaAndrews / Twitter screen shot Fed-Up Dad Tears Into School Board 'Cowards' for Keeping Kids at Home 'The garbage workers who pick up my freakin' trash risk their lives every day,' the father said. 'More than anyone in this school system.' By Elizabeth Stauffer, The Western Journal January 29, 2021
@ScooNews / Twitter screen shot Devoted Kindergarten Teacher Teaches from Hospital While Undergoing Chemotherapy Teacher Kelly Klein has been able to continue meeting with her 5-year-old crew, even when she's at the hospital. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal January 27, 2021
Pragyan Bezbaruah / Pexels New CDC Report: 'Scant Transmission' of COVID-19 Found with In-Person Learning 'Closing schools could adversely affect students’ academic progress, mental health, and access to essential services,' doctors found. By Grant Atkinson, The Western Journal January 27, 2021
Isabella Mendes / Pexels Professor Gets Just 12 Years After Caught with Dismembered Arms of His Student-Lover A former professor who admitted to killing and dismembering the student who was his lover will get only 12 years in prison for the crime. By Jack Davis, The Western Journal December 29, 2020
@shanermurph / Twitter screen shot Teacher Who Screamed 'Kill Yourself' at Lockdown Protesters Gets Suspended: Report The video that has been viewed over 3.4 million times on Twitter as of Tuesday morning shows the woman in a car screaming at protesters. By Erin Coates, The Western Journal December 8, 2020
Erin Durga / Facebook screen shot Third-Grade Teacher in Minnesota Donates Kidney to School Custodian in Need Teacher Erin Durga donated one of her kidneys to her school custodian after learning he likely would die within 5 years without a transplant. By Deborah Van Kempen, The Western Journal December 5, 2020
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead / Flickr Seattle 8th-Grader Picks Trump as 'Hero,' Teacher Holds Him After Class for Lecture on 'Racist' Policy In a Washington school district, teacher Connor Seaman is being criticized for his treatment of a 13-year-old who said Trump was his hero. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal October 29, 2020
Frank Somerville KTVU / Facebook screen shot Teacher Brought to Tears After Stranger at Target Offers To Pay for Entire Cartful of Supplies Nicky wouldn't take no for an answer, and commandeered the card reader, paying for every last item in Borsgard's loaded cart. By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal October 14, 2020
Kevin Case / Flickr Teachers Threaten de Blasio with Legal Action Over Schools Reopening Mulgrew is aiming to have at least some of the schools in neighborhoods with rising COVID-19 numbers return to remote learning only. By Bryan Chai October 5, 2020
Angie Madden / Facebook screen shot Teacher Shares Clever Mask Hack Video To Help Make Wearing Them More Comfortable 'Teacher tip for all my teacher friends!' she said in a Facebook post. 'You have got to get one of these!!' By Amanda Thomason, The Western Journal September 9, 2020
Kevin Case / Flickr De Blasio Cozies Up to Teachers Unions, Pushes Back Reopening of Schools It's great that children will be returning to the classroom properly. It's just a shame that it took bending the knee to unions to get there. By Bryan Chai September 3, 2020
Google Street View Tenn. School District Facing Backlash for Asking Parents To Sign Waiver Saying They Won't Observe Online Class Rutherford County Schools in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, had asked parents to sign a form agreeing to give teachers privacy with students. By Johnathan Jones, The Western Journal August 23, 2020
@zaneyteacher / Twitter While Unions in US Hold Students Hostage, Teacher in England Delivers 7,500 Meals to Kids During Lockdown If only more teachers could find it in their hearts to care first for those they serve, rather than themselves. By Andrew J. Sciascia, The Western Journal August 17, 2020
New York Post / YouTube screen shot NYC Teachers Bring Coffins, Guillotine in Large Protest of Returning to Work Teachers were afraid their students couldn't socially distance when they returned to school. But teachers may be the ones with the problem. By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal August 16, 2020