NYC Teacher Offers Suicide Note Writing Class
Stockbyte(NEW YORK) — Philosophy professor Simon Critchley from New York City’s New School said he believes that the only way to really learn how to live is to prepare to die.
So, as part of a larger theatrical installation this spring called School o…
Student Rants at Teacher in Viral Video
Hemera Technologies/ThinkStock(DUNCANVILLE, Texas) — A Texas high school student’s rant against his teacher has gone viral on YouTube, prompting the district to look at its teaching procedures.“If you would just get up and teach us instead…
Virginia Teens Admit to Attempting to Poison Teacher
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Two Virginia middle school students are facing felony charges of attempted poisoning after they allegedly spiked their teacher’s tea at least twice with hand sanitizer.The two 13-year-old male students, who …
New Orleans Schoolteacher Missing After Leaving Bar
Click to name Right: Terrilyn Monnette on the night she disappeared. (Images Courtesy of Amy Hoyle)(NEW ORLEANS) — New Orleans police and family members are frantically searching for an elementary school teacher who has been missing since last Saturda…
California Student Catches Alleged Thief: Her Teacher
ABC News(LINDEN, Calif.) — A California high school student was shocked at what she found when she decided to play detective and stop a string of thefts from backpacks during gym class.Justine Betti said she decided to hide in a locker to see if she c…
Kindergarten Teacher and School Nurse Held in Murder-for-Hire Plot
ABC News(FRANKLIN, Va.) — A Virginia elementary school teacher and a school nurse are facing charges in what police are calling a murder-for-hire plot.Angela Nolen, a 47-year-old kindergarten teacher, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly plotting to h…
Former Florida Teacher in Sex Case Ordered Back on Probation
ABC News(TAMPA, Fla.) — Debra Lafave, the former Tampa, Fla., middle school teacher and pin-up model who pleaded guilty in 2005 to having sex with a 14-year-old student, has been ordered back on probation.A trial judge released Lafave from the remaind…
Transgender Teacher Sues Catholic School over Firing
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A transgender teacher is suing the New York City Catholic school where he worked for more than 30 years, claiming he was wrongfully terminated for growing out his hair, painting his fingernails and being “worse than gay.”…
NY Teacher Claims First-Grader Beat Him Up
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Rodrigo Carpio is a 6-year-old second-grade student at a New York City elementary school who stands less than five feet tall.John Webster, is a 27-year-old, 5-foot-10, 220-pound former college football player who claims that Carpi…
Michigan State Professor Strips Naked in Class
Michigan State University(EAST LANSING, Mich.) — A Michigan State University professor was taken into protective custody Monday after taking off his clothes in front of his class and shouting in the school hallway.In a statement posted on the universi…
Murder-for-Hire Teacher has History of Disciplinary Problems
Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office(TAMPA BAY, Fla.) — A Florida high school teacher accused of masterminding a murder for hire plot against a coworker has a history of disciplinary problems.In a letter dated November 2001 and obtained by ABC N…
Teacher Who Had Group Sex with Students Says She’s the Victim
ABC News(NEW YORK) — It was perhaps the most salacious part of one of the most scandalous student-teacher affair stories in history: a video, taken by a cellphone camera, of then-Texas high school teacher Brittni Colleps having group sex with four 18-…
Texas Teacher on Leave After Kids Draw 9/11 Pictures
ABC News(EL PASO, Texas) — An elementary school teacher in El Paso, Texas, is being investigated for an assignment in which he had fourth graders draw depictions of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, according to school district officials.For an assig…
Parents Want Teacher Fired After Bullying of Son Caught on Tape
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(TACOMA, Wash.) — The parents of a Washington middle school student who was recorded in what appears to be a bullying incident where he is seen being dragged around the room and has a sock stuffed in his mouth are outraged tha…
Students Claim They Were Forced to Wax Teacher’s Pubic Hair
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A lawsuit filed by former students and employees alleges a beauty school in Montana used federal dollars to enroll students in education programs with unqualified instructors that subjected the students to sexual har…
Texas Teacher Gets 5 Years in Prison in Group Sex Scandal
ABC News(NEW YORK) – A Texas high school teacher and mother of three was sentenced Friday to five years behind bars after a jury found her guilty of having sex with five male students, four of whom she had group sex with while being videotaped.Brittni…
Texas Teacher Convicted of Group Sex With Students
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A jury found a Texas high school teacher and mother of three guilty today of having sex with four male students while being videotaped. Brittni Colleps, 28, a former English teacher, was convicted of 16 counts of having improper r…
Texas Teacher Accused of Having Group Sex with Students on Video
ABC News(DALLAS) — A former Texas high school English teacher and mother of three is on trial, accused of having sex with five male students.The evidence against Brittni Colleps, 28, includes cellphone video that allegedly shows group sex between her …
Man Accused of Murdering Teenage Girl is a Former School Teacher
ABC News(BETHANY, Okla.) — A man says his brother, who is accused of killing a 19-year-old girl from Bethany, Okla., worked as an elementary school teacher before selling drugs.Luis Ruiz, who was arrested Thursday, is accused of murdering 19-year-old …
Teacher Accused of Ordering Students to Haze, Assault Others
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(FONTANA, Calif.) — More students than initially suspected were assaulted in a high school hazing incident in which a teacher and four students were arrested, police said Monday.Detectives in Fontana, Calif., have identified a…