Teaching hands-on skills in a hands-off world
Like teachers everywhere, Jackie Shows spent the summer nervously wondering what fall semester would look like and how to prepare for it.
Back in the classroom: Five years of custodial work paved the way for this teacher’s dream job
Sandy Devlin knows a good teacher when she sees one.
As graduate coordinator for special education at Mississippi State University, she helps prepare future teachers for the challenges they will face when they lead their own SPED classrooms.
Last call for CHS senior: Stokes-Beard teacher makes encouraging call to same student on the first days of school for 13 years
Early Monday morning, Columbus High School senior Kayla Carter got a phone call from her teacher wishing her good luck on the first day of school.
That would be unusual enough in its own right.
Granting excellence
Carlton Rhodes saw a need for extra teaching materials in his classrooms.
Caledonia band director subject of investigation
The Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees is slated to accept the resignation of Caledonia High School band director David Chambers Friday, according to the board agenda published online Tuesday night.
Sheriff’s office investigating former Caledonia teacher for sexual misconduct
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a former Caledonia High School teacher for alleged sexual misconduct with students.
Teacher barred for 12 years after dragging student by hair
Fired, criminally charged and with her state teaching license on the line, Linda Winters-Johnson admitted Wednesday that she’d been wrong to drag a special education student by the hair across the gym floor at Greenville High School.
Teacher accused of dragging student indicted
A former Greenville teacher has been indicted on a misdemeanor charge of abusing a vulnerable person.
Former teacher gets one year for computer luring
A former Starkville Academy teacher will serve one year in prison after pleading guilty to two computer luring charges.
Teacher faces inquiry after video shows her dragging student
A Mississippi teacher faces investigations after a video shows her dragging a student by the hair at Greenville High School.
Teacher arrested for alleged sex with student
A teacher at a private Christian academy in Carrollton, Alabama, has been arrested and charged with having sex with a student.
Teacher loses job after student takes her phone, shares nude
A high school teacher lost her job after a teenager went through her cellphone between classes, found a nude picture of her and shared it on social media.
CMSD teacher connected to meth ring
Federal authorities have taken a Columbus Middle School educator into custody after a grand jury indicted the teacher on charges of aiding a methamphetamine ring.
Teacher suspended over condom demonstration to return to classroom
A suspended Starkville High School teacher will be returning to the classroom after a district investigation.
Teacher suspended after condom demonstration
An online petition claims a classroom presentation by a Starkville High School student involving condoms last week led to a teacher being removed the classroom.
Jury awards white principal $371K in discrimination case
A federal jury has awarded more than $370,000 in damages to a white school principal who alleged black administrators racially targeted her and created a hostile work environment that forced her to resign.
CMSD deals with teacher turnover
The Columbus Municipal School District will have many new teachers when it begins classes next month.
Local educator among teacher of the year finalists
A Golden Triangle educator is among four finalists for the Mississippi 2015 Teacher of the Year award.
Ex-teacher indicted in Gulfport molestation case
A former south Mississippi teacher has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the alleged molestation of students over a period of four decades.
Oxford teacher sentenced in child pornography case
A 24-year-old Mooreville man will spend 30 months in federal prison on charges he enticed a minor to engage in illegal sexual conduct.