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Nominate an Educator to Become the 'B98.5 Teacher of the Month'

B98.5 — Thu, 02 May 2013 10:45:33 +0000

Congratulations to our latest B98.5 Maine Education Credit Union ‘Teacher of the Month,’ Dr. Kelly Mechling of Thomas College. “The B98.5 Teacher of the Month” brought to you by: Maine Education Credit Union, serving Maine educators and anyone living or working in Kennebec and Somerset counties. Maine Education Credit Union, where educators and community unite! Maine [...]

Amazingly Dedicated Woman Retires After 44 Years Without Taking a Sick Day

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:21:16 +0000

Deborah Ford really takes that whole “neither rain nor hail” mantra seriously. The Detroit woman retired last week after 44 years with the United States Postal Service and never taking a sick day during her entire time on the job. For her efforts, Ford was honored with a luncheon in her honor where co-workers and [...]

11 Year Old Boy in Spain Fakes His Own Kidnapping to Get Out of a Parent Teacher Conference

Randy McCoy — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:31:12 +0000

Kids are kids the world over and when an 11 year boy in Xinzo de Limia, Spain heard his parents were called to his school for a parent-teacher conference, he didn’t want to be around for it, so he faked his own kidnapping. Most children wouldn’t go to the extreme of faking a kidnapping to [...]

Teacher In Hot Water After Facebook Photo Surfaces of Students With Mouths Duct-Taped Shut

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:36:02 +0000

It’s a Facebook photo middle school math teacher Melissa Cairns wished she never posted. The snap, which has since been removed from her page, showed several of her students with duct tape over their mouth. ”Finally found a way to get them to be quiet!!!,” read the caption. It was meant to be a joke. What [...]

Teacher With Fear of Children Fighting Forced Retirement

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:50:26 +0000

Language teacher Maria C. Waltherr-Willard suffers from pedophobia, which means she is afraid of young children. When the 61-year-old is in the presence of the little tykes she experiences symptoms which include anxiety, chest pains and vomiting. Given her unusual affliction, her Cincinnati, Ohio, school district assigned her to high school, because older children don’t engender such extreme [...]

Teacher Owns Students in Dance Battle With Irish Jig

Donald Deane — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 13:15:39 +0000

It's been our experience that high school teachers generally frown upon pranks. But one teacher at Whitney Young High School in Chicago eagerly joined in when seniors staged an unauthorized dance battle. If only our teachers were this cool.

Should Teachers Be Allowed to Strike? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:05:24 +0000

Chicago is in the midst of teacher strike that is affecting roughly 350,000 students. There is some debate over whether the strike is permitted under Illinois law since the unions’ list of grievances extends beyond pay and benefits — which are the only issues they have the legal right to strike over. But, regardless of that technicality, there is [...]

Shannon Shanning, a Special Education Teacher at Poland Whittier Middle School, Named 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year

B98.5 — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:12:39 +0000

This morning, Monday September 10, at a school assembly at the Bruce M. Whittier Middle School in Poland, Shannon Shanning was surprised with the announcement that she has been named the 2013 Maine Teacher of the Year by the Maine Department of Education.