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Teachers Say They Want the COVID-19 Vaccine Before They Head Back to the Classroom
Children who have been marooned at home for months by the pandemic are slowly returning to classrooms, but many teachers say they won’t go back until they’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine.
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Texas Teacher of the Year Plays Santa for His Students
Eric Hale wanted to make sure his students at David G. Burnet Elementary in Dallas were fed over the holiday break, so he started a food drive, but it turned into something much greater.
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Fort Worth Teacher Takes Spirit Week to a New Level
Christopher Gasca, a second grade teacher at M.H. Moore Elementary School in Fort Worth is keeping the tradition of spirit theme weeks alive during the coronavirus pandemic with a smile on his face, a positive spirit and a holiday wardrobe aimed at bringing smiles.
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SMU Excellent Educator Recognizes Dr. Khalid Ross – SPONSORED
Texas Today has partnered with SMU to recognize North Texas teachers who are inspiring and changing the lives of their students. To recognize an excellent educator, nominate a teacher today. MORE: NBCDFW.com/CONTEST
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McKinney ISD Teachers Shown Support and Appreciation From Parents
We know this year has been challenging for teachers between in-person or virtual learning. On Thursday, some McKinney parents wanted to let the teachers know they are appreciated. NBC 5’s Vince Sims shows us how a small gesture of thanks can mean so much.
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Teacher Instructs From Hospital Bed to Keep Students From Falling Behind
A Garland ISD elementary school teacher who had to miss time in the classroom due to a surgery, started teaching again from her hospital bed as she tried to fight learning loss during the pandemic.
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Will Jill Biden Keep Teaching When She Becomes First Lady?
If Jill Biden were to continue her teaching job when her husband takes the Oval Office, it would make her the first first lady with a job outside the White House
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Cedar Hill Woman Quits Her Job, A Becomes A Teacher During Pandemic
Teachers have been juggling instruction along with safety during the coronavirus pandemic, NBC 5’s Wayne Carter introduces us to a Cedar Hill woman who quit her job to teach and she wouldn’t change a thing.
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SMU Excellent Educator Recognizes Mrs. Sara Dane – SPONSORED
Texas Today has partnered with SMU to recognize North Texas teachers who are inspiring and changing the lives of their students. To recognize an excellent educator, nominate a teacher today. MORE: NBCDFW.com/CONTEST
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Decapitated French Teacher Warned Not to Show Prophet Muhammad Images Before ‘Islamist' Attack
French authorities say a suspect shot dead by police after the beheading of a history teacher near Paris was an 18-year-old Chechen refugee unknown to intelligence services who posted a grisly claim of responsibility on social media minutes after the attack
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Teachers Union Launches Crowd-Sourced COVID-19 Tracker
The Texas American Federation of Teachers rolled out a website for teachers and others to report coronavirus cases on their campuses.
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Arlington ISD Teacher Harassed Over Return to School Stance
Tension over the return to school has led to a teacher receiving harassing emails after she shared her thoughts regarding in-person learning in the Arlington Independent School District. NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter explains.
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‘Never a More Important Time': Teacher of the Year
The Lewisville ISD goes back to school Wednesday for the start of the 2020-21 academic year.
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‘Never a More Important Time': Teacher of the Year
The Lewisville ISD goes back to school Wednesday for the start of the 2020-21 academic year.
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Teacher's Pandemic Bread Baking Hobby Raises Money for Classroom and Students
A North Texas teacher, who also has a passion for baking, has started baking bread to sell. She plans to use the money she makes to purchase supplies for her classroom this year.
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Mesquite School Rallies Around Students Who Lost Mom to COVID-19
A Mesquite elementary school teacher is rallying around one of her young students whose mother died of COVID-19.NBC 5’s Maria Guerrero reports the tightknit Tosch Elementary School community says it wants to honor this mother by helping her children.
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A Teacher Explains How to Talk to Children About Racism
It’s never too early to start teaching children to be antiracist, said Brittany Smith, a pre-kindergarten teacher from Atlantic City, New Jersey. Steps as simple as buying books that feature diverse faces is a good start.
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Dallas School Teacher Arrested on Charges Involving a Child
Garland police arrested a Dallas school teacher in connection with several charges involving a child on Monday, May 5, 2020. Police executed a search and arrest warrant Monday morning on 59 -year-old Robert Marc Flores, a Dallas ISD teacher at Emmett J. Conrad High School for Online Solicitation of a Minor. Detectives arrested Flores at his residence in Garland. Investigators…
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North Texas Fitness Expert Helps Teachers Destress
A North Texas fitness instructor is tackling teacher stress, and burnout with a focus on health and mental wellness. It’s a special fitness challenge for just teachers who want to destress outside of the classroom. Will Clewis is a former teacher now on a mission to make it happen and it’s Something Good. “Gonna try it one more time. Two...
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‘Tell Me What the Reality Looks Like': Trying to Stop Suicides as Social Media Explodes
When Dese’Rae Stage interviews survivors of suicide attempts for a website she created, she asks herself a question news reporters may not always consider: How much did it hurt? A survivor herself, she wants to be sure that readers of her website “Live Through This” come away with a real picture of suicide — no romance, no facile explanations and...