19 h. ago Twenty staffers charged after 100 abuse incidents at Philadelphia

‘This is just unacceptable behavior to happen anywhere, but particularly in a school setting,’ says district attorney

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21 h. ago I loved being a principal, but Australia has grown complacent about the growing violence directed at educators | Andy Mison

School principals are resilient but, in an alarming number of cases, their job harms them. We would not tolerate these conditions in other workplacesI’ve been lucky. I’ve enjoyed a rewarding career in education, including almost 15 years as a principal in the Northern Territory and the ACT. I’ve worked with wonderful teachers and administrative staff, and shared in the successes of hundreds of young people and their families as they grow and graduate high school, going on to further study, employment and life adventures.I’ve also experienced verbal and physical abuse, aggression and violence from students and their carers, directed at me and my colleagues in the course of my work as a school leader. I once regarded these occasional events as part of the job, normal in our frontline occupation. I now think we have grown complacent about the levels of violence toward a predominantly female workforce that we would not tolerate in other workplaces. As the latest data from the Australian...

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46 h. ago 20 staffers accused of abusing students or not reporting it at Pennsylvania charter school

Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students in a program that helps them deal with emotional issues

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50 h. ago Democrats in Pennsylvania are angry. John Fetterman’s old rival is listening

Amid Trump’s unprecedented slash-and-burn of the federal government, many Democratic voters feel their party is not doing enough to fight back. John Bowden reports from State College, Pennsylvania on a former congressman looking to meet the moment

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3 d. ago Texas private school slammed for 'covering up' piano teacher's abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

Trent Muse, a former teacher at Trinity Valley High School in Fort Worth, is accused of sexually abusing 16 students ranging in age from six to 11 years old.

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8 d. ago Two teachers, 60 and 25, are arrested days apart on charges of sexually abusing the same student at Christian prep school

The two women worked at the Nathanael Greene Academy teacher in Siloam, Georgia, when they allegedly carried out their abuse

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8 d. ago Two teachers, 60 and 25, are arrested days apart on charges of sexually abusing the same student at a former ‘segregation academy’

The two women worked at the Nathanael Greene Academy teacher in Siloam, Georgia, when they allegedly carried out their abuse

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2 w. ago DOGE staffers accused of breaking into US Institute of Peace

The U.S. Institute of Peace insists it is a nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency

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