teaching

New York has a teacher shortage and this new program wants to fix that

The other day, Val was telling us this hilarious story about a kid who brought his FISH to school! It was a local teacher that had this surprise happen all before 9 AM! I'm pretty sure it was a Beta fish that he put in a water bottle (he also was drinking out of the water bottle as well...

We already knew this was true, but this just backs it up. New York State has some of the best education systems in the entire United States, including right here in Western New York. These teachers in our community are dedicated to their job and it shows...

This past Monday, a new policy was supposed to start for those who have not paid their school lunch bill. If you have no paid the district you have to enjoy peanut butter and jelly sandwiches until their parents pay off their school lunch debt. As of now,...

Is this teacher serious? Why in the world would you write that on a student's paper? Parents are calling for the teacher's termination. One dad went to Faceboo to show the world the what a teacher wrote on a math assignment when his son only could answer 13 math questions out of 50 on a timed test for 2nd grade...

This is the problem with America. We can expect results that require no effort because things are handed to us. This is going to sound crazy to you. A teacher was fired when she said she was giving out 0's when students did hand in their assignments...

This has caused quite the debate whether or not Ms. Porter should have been let go.

Should your kids never have homework again? Some districts are starting to adopt 'no homework' policies. Brandy Young teaches second grade in Godley, Texas. Her letter to parents became a sensation on Facebook. She wrote: "There will be no formally assigned homework this year...

Oh boy.. We've certainly see our share of controversial classroom topics, but this one is certainly completely inappropriate by the teacher A high school teacher in east Texas was arrested Friday after video allegedly showed her slapping a student...

Starting Tuesday morning, standardized tests will begin in New York state and after last year's record breaking numbers we can't help but wonder, 'Will they get worse'? Around 200,000 students opted out last year, and that number is only likely to grow...

Does anyone else's head hurt after this? The common core math method has been at the center of quite some debate in the past couple years and this woman, wanted to share what she learned with the rest of the world. I'm glad I'm not in elementary school now, that's for sure...

True story. In a story that perfectly encapsulates the insane degree to which our society has been completely influenced political correctness, a nine-year-old child has been threatened with sexual harassment charges for writing a love letter to his classmate, according to his mother. Appar...