Champaign driver's ed teacher retiring after 25 years
Tony Martin has been behind M&M Driving School for the past 25 years, and now Chad Palmer from Bloomington is taking over.
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Haverford High’s Leon Smith Highlights Black Excellence in a World That Doesn’t Always See It
Leon Smith, a 22-year teacher at Haverford High School, is also Pennsylvania’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. In that role, the ...
‘It’s cool to be a teacher’: Black educators group launches new program
Growing up in the Clark County School District, Jordan Hankins never had a Black teacher. She was on the verge of dropping out in high school when a counselor “changed the trajectory of her life,” as ...
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'Ultimate ocean warrior': Colossal great white shark tracked off Florida coast. What to know
A colossal, 1,600-pound great white shark, the largest male tagged by OCEARCH, has surfaced off Florida's East Coast. The 13-foot, 9-inch shark, nicknamed Contender by the OCEARCH scientists who ...
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SC schools have struggled to build a diverse faculty. Now, anti-DEI pressure is mounting.
South Carolina's teacher ranks have grown more diverse in recent years, but the state's educators are still significantly more White ... Black and Asian teachers. The 28,800-student district in 2019 ...
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Arizona’s governor appoints first Latina and Black justice to state Supreme Court
Katie Hobbs has appointed Maria Elena Cruz to the Arizona Supreme Court. The state appellate judge from rural Yuma County will become the first Latina and the first Black person chosen for the state’s ...
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A free-admission day at the Milwaukee Art Museum in February will celebrate Black culture
The work — which will be on exhibit at the museum through May 11 — was commissioned by the art museum and includes a wall mural and sculptural installation which "reframes historical Black ...
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Teacher compared Black students to monkey as Pennsylvania class laughed, lawsuit says
Getty Images/iStockphoto A sophomore sitting in a math class at a Pennsylvania school watched as his teacher ... Black students could be monitored, the lawsuit said. Later on, a bus driver told ...
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Gallery Showcasing Black Artists' Work to Open at Portland Art Museum
Black artists, along with their works and perspectives, will soon have permanent space at the Portland Art Museum. Ahead of Black History Month, PAM announced the creation of its Black Art and ...
Education Week23d
Why Boys Don’t Want to Become Teachers and What Schools Can Do About It
It’s just after lunchtime at Smyrna High School and seven seniors, all young men, are sitting around a table in an otherwise empty classroom, save for their teacher, Genny Willis. The students ...
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More than 100 NYC educators accused of sexual relationships, communications with students as DOE finally mulls a crackdown
Student journalists at Townsend Harris High School helped expose English teacher and baseball coach Joseph Canzoneri, who had sex with a female student, the SCI alleged. Bryant HS teacher Daniel ...
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Images art fest to showcase more than 250 artists in New Smyrna Beach this weekend
Creations from more than 250 artists will be the centerpiece of the 49 th Annual “IMAGES: A Festival of the Arts,” a three-day outdoor event that runs through Sunday in New Smyrna Beach.