I would go nuts on this teacher if this happened to my 5 year-old son who also is in kindergarten. I recall having trouble with a teacher who put her hands on me, several times, while I was in Elementary school. I feel the same way today as I did back then. Except for breaking up a fight, it's uncalled for and should result in termination.
Freedom of speech may have its limits. Gilford, New Hampshire resident William Baer was arrested on disorderly conduct charges earlier this week after he continued to speak at a school board meeting even thought his allotted two minutes to talk were over.
A teacher in Detroit is getting an education in how not to intervene. A teacher in the city's Pershing High School has been fired after she broke up a fight between two students with a broom.
President Obama saluted teachers yesterday as he handed out the 2014 National Teacher Of The Year Award at the White House. Now, no disrespect to lawyers, but if it was a smug lawyer that asked poetic genius, Taylor Mali, what he makes as a teacher, well, it was the wrong question to ask.
When you first see this video you may be shocked to see this man stuffing a child into a large plastic bag. Actually, this father and teacher is doing an amazing thing for the kids of this Vietnamese neighborhood.
Here's one way to get your students to settle down: in Belgium, a group of students who also happen to be big 'Game of Thrones' fans, were acting a bit too rowdy in the classroom, so their teacher had a brilliant idea. If they didn't behave, he was going to start dropping massive 'Game of Thrones' spoilers, including the major deaths of characters one by one until they learned their lesson. Maybe
Some parents are saying a teacher at Hyatt Elementary School in Linden, Michigan may have taken "method teaching" a step too far by giving a class of fifth graders non-alcoholic beer as part of a history lesson.
It may surprise you to know that I don't hold a high school diploma much less a college degree. With every position I've ever held (including this one) I learned the required skills on the job doing a TON of research and barking up the trees of those who came before me. Now while my professional path isn't for everyone (even me some days) and it's been a wild ride to say the least, I'm not alone.