#Florida middle school teacher charged with drug trafficking

#Florida middle school teacher charged with drug trafficking

“#Florida middle school teacher charged with drug trafficking” A veteran Florida middle school teacher was charged with drug trafficking after deputies found multiple grams of fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin in his RV, deputies said. Jeffrey Scott Brake, a 52-year-old math teacher at Citrus Springs Middle School, was busted Monday after two search warrants executed at…

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#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

“#Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained” COLUMBUS, Ohio — Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education at the University of Washington wasn’t seen as the program’s most relevant. Then COVID-19 hit, schools plunged into remote learning and suddenly material from that course was being infused…

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#How my ex ratted on me and exposed my double life

#How my ex ratted on me and exposed my double life

“#How my ex ratted on me and exposed my double life” When history teacher Amy Kupps was ordered by the school principal to attend a Zoom meeting with him and members of the board, she knew she was in trouble. “It was awkward,” she recalled. “I was trembling with fear and embarrassment.” The shame was…

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#Beware Biden’s Department of Education

#Beware Biden’s Department of Education

“#Beware Biden’s Department of Education” Last week, the Senate Education Committee held a confirmation hearing for a woman who has arguably done more than any other government official to fan the flames of America’s culture war: Catherine Lhamon. President Joe Biden has nominated Lhamon to return for a second stint as assistant secretary in the…

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#The last thing kids need is cameras in their classrooms

#The last thing kids need is cameras in their classrooms

“#The last thing kids need is cameras in their classrooms” In an impressive exercise in not playing an idea out to its logical conclusion, some conservatives are pushing for a camera in every classroom across America. This pristinely wrapped gift to the surveillance state comes under the guise of “transparency in the classroom” — parents…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 7, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 7, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 7, 2021” The Issue: The National Education Association’s plan to fund the teaching of critical race theory in schools. It was interesting reading the column “Union pushes race on kids” by Christopher Rufo (July 6). I do not and never have supported this type of indoctrination for our children….

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#Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke and other commentary

#Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke and other commentary

“#Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke and other commentary” Libertarian: Justice Thomas’ Pot Rebuke Sixteen years after the Supreme Court ruled the federal marijuana ban applies even when individual states have legalized it, Justice Clarence Thomas “is back with another blast” at the federal government’s “half-in, half-out regime that simultaneously tolerates and forbids local use of marijuana,”…

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