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On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) defended California law allowing teachers to not tell parents about students changing their gender identity by stating that under the prior law, “a teacher would be fired if a teacher did not report or snitch on a kid talking about their gender identity. I just think that was wrong. I think teachers should teach. I don’t think they should be required to turn in kids.” After Newsom criticized Democrats, host Bill Maher asked, “So, what do you say to people who say, well, this sounds all very good,...

PELHAM, NH (FOX 25 , myfoxboston) - Pelham Police arrested and charged a female Pelham school employee with three counts of sexual assault. The woman is identified as Manuella St. Germain, 44, of Pelham, New Hampshire. St. Germain is a paraprofessional for a Pelham Middle School has been placed on leave by the school district. Pelham Police Detectives received a complaint from the Division for Children Youth and Families that alleged two male juveniles had been sexually assaulted. Police executed a search warrant at St. Germain’s residence and placed her under arrest. The Police investigation is ongoing and further developments...

Will Wisconsin qualify for 'Race to the Top' stimulus funds? By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel Posted: July 24, 2009 President Barack Obama and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Friday unveiled proposed application guidelines for a $4.35 billion pool of school reform funds that will be awarded to states with innovative proposals for improving teaching and learning. But Wisconsin may be ineligible for the money because of a state law that prohibits using student test scores to evaluate teacher performance. Speaking Friday, Duncan was firm on the issue, saying states that prohibit linking data on student achievement or...

LUCAS, Kansas – A Lucas-Luray High School teacher has been charged for allegedly having sex with one of her students. Nina Urban faces a charge of unlawful sexual relations. She was arrested last month after authorities investigated a claim that she was having a sexual relationship with a male student. Since then, the district has put her on administrative leave. Urban is set to be arraigned Thursday.

HOUSTON -- A second charge of sexual abuse of a child was levied against a Spring ISD high school teacher after officials say a second student relationship came to light after the first was revealed. Westfield High School teacher Shannon Hrozek, 42, made her first appearance Thursday after she was charged with sexual abuse of a child in January. It was then when officials determined Hrozek engaged in sexual activity with another student. Court documents released in January say Hrozek was caught performing oral sex on a 16-year-old. The student told officials Hrozek asked him to come to her classroom...

The teacher guilty of having sex with a student at Brighton Collegiate High School is in jail for violating terms of her probation — namely having sex with another parolee and testing positive for alcohol consumption. Carrie McCandless began serving a 30-day jail sentence at the Larimer County Detention Center Friday after voluntarily turning herself in to Weld County Probation officials. She did not appear in court to contest the violations, according to Larimer County district attorney officials. McCandless waived the court appearance by signing documents dated March 13. The sexual encounter was discovered on March 6 when a parole...

RAINIER, Wash. -- A Rainier teacher's assistant faced a judge Monday on drug and sex abuse charges. Jan Gleaves sexually abused teen boys and served them alcohol and marijuana at her apartment, Columbia County officials said. They began investigating the case in December when a Rainier mother said she found some posts from Gleaves on her son's MySpace page. Gleaves was a teaching assistant in the St. Helens School District. Officials don’t think the allegations involve any kids from the school district where she worked.

An Alameda County judge granted the wish of 47,000 high school seniors Friday after abolishing the exit exam as a graduation requirement this year. Superior Court Judge Robert Freedman ruled that students who earn enough credits may receive a diploma, regardless of their performance on the test. State Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell is expected to appeal the injunction immediately. The state will seek a reversal that would become effective before the end of the school year, according to a request for a stay on the decision filed today. The decision deals a significant blow to the future of the...

By Jim Kirksey Denver Post Staff Writer Friday, February 07, 2003 - An east Denver family has taken their 13-year-old daughter, an amputee, out of Hill Middle School because of fear for her safety after escalating harassment and threats from other students. Lacey Henderson has spent one day at her new school, Dora Moore, a K-8 school - and so far, so good, she said Thursday. Profane and threatening messages aimed at Lacey have been left on a website for teenagers, and that has her family concerned for her safety, said her mother, Linda Henderson. Henderson said her young daughter...