Jul. 3—INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has awarded more than 300 scholarships in the eighth year of the Next Generation Hoosier Educators Scholarship. Selected through a competitive process based on academic achievement and additional factors, the Next GenerationHoosier Educators Scholarship provides a renewable scholarship of up to $10,000 per year (up to […]
A Hall of Fame football coach who once guided Kingfisher High School to a state championship had his teaching license suspended on Thursday, pending a revocation hearing, by a state Board of Education that ― after months of little action ― has begun aggressively acting on licensing issues. Jeff Myers and one of his former […]
Jun. 24—LIMA — An alternative teaching pathway at Bowling Green State University trains professionals to become licensed teachers to offset Ohio’s teacher shortage. The year-long online program is available to anyone who completed a bachelor’s degree in another subject. Bowling Green is one of five universities in the state where adults who have already finished […]
NEWARK − Bill MacDonald started as a student at the Bowling Green State University regional campus in Huron, unsure of his career path. That experience helped guide him throughout his career at another regional campus, Ohio State University at Newark, where he will end 20 years as dean-director on July 31. He will stay at […]
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A Northern California teacher who made national headlines last year after being accused of teaching her second-grade class while drunk will not face criminal charges in connection to the incident following a monthslong investigation, prosecutors said Monday. Sutter County deputies were called Oct. 2 to Nuestro Elementary School in Live Oak after a caller reported […]
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A group of Calvin University swim team members spent two weeks in Thailand this spring teaching English, water survival skills and CPR. But they had no idea they would use those skills at the airport. The students were on a mission to help others in Thailand. “We were there teaching […]
A 31-year-old former Puyallup Christian high school teacher was sentenced Friday to six months of house arrest for having a sexual relationship with a student. Lindsey M. Westerfield pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor for having sex with a student in spring 2019 while she was employed at Cascade […]
With graduation season in full swing, LinkedIn has just released the top industries Gen Z in Britain should be eyeing up if they want to beat their classmates to a job this summer—and apparently, they needn’t look far from home. That’s because, according to the networking platform’s analysis of millions of member profiles and job […]
Editor’s Note: The Coshocton Tribune is profiling one senior from each of the three public school districts in Coshocton County coinciding with graduation. They were nominated by school administrators. WEST LAFAYETTE − Kya Masloski flashes a bright smile when she thinks about what her dream job one day would be − returning to teach in the […]
Class Disrupted is a bi-weekly education podcast featuring author Michael Horn and Summit Public Schools’ Diane Tavenner in conversation with educators, school leaders, students and other members of school communities as they investigate the challenges facing the education system amid this pandemic — and where we should go from here. Find every episode by bookmarking […]
Since 2016, Ripon has had a garden with a dual mission — supplying food banks with produce while teaching children how to grow stuff. It began in tight quarters at the south end of town and moved in 2019 to a full acre at 929 West Main Street. It is now called Garden Joy, and […]