Teachers

Troubled youths deserve more effective discipline than suspension

2013-05-17 18:27:00

The limits on student suspensions approved by the Los Angeles Unified school board this week may burnish the district's progressive credentials, putting L.A. in the forefront of a national shift away from zero-tolerance policies that ban kids from...

Political savvy vs. education skills in L.A. school board runoff

2013-05-17 22:47:00

The race for a seat on the Los Angeles Board of Education pits the political savvy of Antonio Sanchez against the education skills of Monica Ratliff. And when it comes to campaign resources, politics trumps all. Sanchez, 31, has used his background in...

'The English Teacher' has a class of underachievers

2013-05-16 15:10:00

"The English Teacher" is a tragedy masquerading as a comedy and doing a disservice to both. The same could be said for the film's normally fine cast. Julianne Moore, Greg Kinnear, Nathan Lane and Michael Angarano have all had better days. The movie...

Geza Vermes dies at 88; scholar wrote about Dead Sea Scrolls

2013-05-15 17:18:00

Geza Vermes was a graduate student in Belgium in the late 1940s when he was captivated by news sweeping the globe about a remarkable discovery in the desert east of Jerusalem. He quickly switched gears, penning his doctoral thesis on the Dead Sea Scrolls,...

Officials address restroom problem at Locke High

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Chris Tellez sat in class, his stomach grinding. The 15-year-old felt fine in his first class two weeks ago at Animo Locke Charter High School 2 in Watts, but by second period he could wait no longer. "I had to use the restroom," he said. "But the...

Ka-ching: Rick Perry's plan for Texa$ universities

2013-05-13 12:09:00

There are three things Rick Perry would like to do to the great public universities of Texas, but he can only remember two of them. That’s a joke. You may remember that during a 2012 presidential debate, he started to list three departments of...

Former L.A. Unified teacher to stand trial on sex abuse charges

2013-05-14 22:27:00

A former Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was ordered to stand trial on 14 charges of sexually assaulting nine students and a relative, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in...

Edgar Allan Jones Jr. dies at 92; law professor played judge on TV courtroom shows

2013-05-13 20:00:00

The TV career of Edgar Allan Jones Jr. began with a phone call in early 1958 from a producer who needed to cast someone knowledgeable about the law. Although Jones taught law full time at UCLA, he was nervous at the prospect of auditioning: His only...

L.A. school board keeps classroom breakfast program

2013-05-15 00:00:00

As Gov. Jerry Brown announced more funding for public schools Tuesday, the Los Angeles Board of Education agreed to pay for more school police, maintain a classroom breakfast program and keep supplemental staff at schools. The board also heard...

Letters: How to define cheating in schools

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Re "A clash over how to address teacher cheating," May 12 As a principal and a superintendent, I had always taken the view that one of the very important roles of a teacher was to model appropriate behavior. It would appear that the state Commission...

Greek government orders teachers not to strike

2013-05-13 08:47:00

ATHENS -- Greece’s ruling coalition threatened Monday to arrest public high school teachers if they walk off work later this week, a strike that would potentially disrupt university-entrance exams for thousands of students. But the government's...

L.A. Unified knew of alleged teacher abuse 3 years before arrest

2013-05-07 20:20:00

Los Angeles school district officials knew of sexual misconduct allegations in 2009 against a teacher at a Wilmington campus who was arrested more than three years later, the district's top administrator confirmed Tuesday. The teacher, Robert Pimentel,...

Hall High School math teacher Jeff Billing, Smith STEM School science teacher Melissa Behrens and Hall bands director John Mastroianni are the three finalists for Teacher of the Year.

2013-05-08 09:31:00

South Bend Tribune/JAMES BROSHER Ron Gill, a social studies teacher at John Young Middle School, shares a hug after being named teacher of the year during a teacher recognition dinner for the School City of Mishawaka on Wednesday.

2013-05-08 00:00:00

Natalie Hammond, a teacher and survivor of the Sandy Hook School shootings, who was shot in the foot, leg and hand, is embraced by William Sherlach, the husband of school psychologist, Mary Sherlach after accepting a Citizen Honors Certificate of Commendation.

2013-05-06 00:00:00