Teacher Imitates ‘Bridesmaids,’ Slaps Student
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MALIBU, Calif.) — A ninth grade student said she was hurt and humiliated in front of her class after her teacher slapped her, re-enacting a scene from the comedy Bridesmaids.Dionne Evans was called to the front of her English cl…
Teacher Arrested After Grabbing Student During Anti-Semitic Rant
BananaStock/Thinkstock(BLUFFTON, S.C.) — A South Carolina teacher is accused of grabbing a student and shoving him under a table last Wednesday as she delivered an anti-Semitic rant in her classroom, one her lawyer said was part of an interactive hist…
Porn Star Turned Science Teacher Terminated
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A science teacher whose students came across her adult movie past has been fired by a California school board. Oxnard school district officials voted unanimously this week that Stacie Halas, 31, will no longer wor…
Controversial Student, Teacher Reportedly Back Together
ABC News(MODESTO, Calif.) — The 18-year-old California student whose controversial relationship with her high school teacher prompted a bill to ban such trysts is reportedly moving back in with her 41-year-old boyfriend.Jordan Powers, 18, told a Sacra…
California High School Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sex with Student
Jetta Productions(FRESNO, Calif.) — A California high school teacher is under investigation after her arrest on charges that she allegedly had sex with a student.Megan Denman, 29, a social sciences teacher at Fresno’s Hoover High School, was arr…
Calif. Teacher in Relationship with Student Arrested for Sexual Assault
ABC News(MODESTO, Calif.) — A high school teacher who left his family to date a former student was arrested Friday on charges of sexually assaulting a different student years ago.James Hooker, 41, was arrested in Modesto, Calif., after police discover…
Cincinnati Ben-Gals Cheerleader and Former Teacher Charged for Alleged Affair with Student
ABC News(EDGEWOOD, Ky.) — Kentucky police are calling a personal foul against a high school teacher who moonlighted as a Cincinnati Ben-Gal. Her offense: having sex with an underage student.Sarah Jones, 26, was indicted Thursday on charges of first-de…
Body Identified as Missing Montana Teacher
Facebook(WILLISTON, N.D.) — A woman’s remains found outside Williston, N.D., have been identified as Sherry Arnold, a Montana teacher who went missing while out on a jog the morning of Jan. 7, the FBI said. “The Medical Examiner’s Office at the Montan…
Al Qaeda Group Kills American Teacher in Yemen
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TAIZ, Yemen) — An American working in Yemen was murdered on the streets Sunday by a gunman reportedly working for the al Qaeda offshoot group, Ansar al-Sharia (Partisans of Islamic Law).The group announced later that it targeted…
California Teacher Put on Leave for Allegedly Moonlighting as Porn Star
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(OXNARD, Calif.) — A California science teacher who allegedly moonlighted as a porn star has been put on leave after fellow teachers used their smartphones to find the woman’s film credits.The identity of the seventh- and e…
California Teacher-Student Romance: Therapist Calls Man ‘Sexual Predator’
ABC News(MODESTO, Calif.) — The former California high school teacher who left his family to be with a former student is a “sex predator,” and the couple is suffering from shared paranoia, thinking that the world is against them, according to a therap…
California Teen Leaves School, Moves in with Former Teacher
ABC News(NEW YORK) — An angry California mother is alleging abuse now that her 18-year-old daughter is living with her former high school teacher, who left his wife and children to move into an apartment with the young woman.James Hooker, 41, quit his…
Teacher Sues for Right to Say ‘N—–’ in Class
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — A white Chicago school teacher who was suspended for leading a class discussion about the “N-word,” race relations and racism has sued the school district for what he sees as unjust punishment.Lincoln Brown, 48, a …
LA Teacher in Child Bondage Case Suspected Earlier of Lewd Acts
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — There was new outrage Thursday over a report that a Los Angeles elementary school teacher accused of committing lewd acts on children was previously investigated nearly 20 years ago.Mark Berndt, 61, is being he…
Bail for Teacher in LA Student Abuse Case Set at $23 Million
Hemera/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Bail was raised on a third-grade teacher from Los Angeles accused of molesting school kids, making it virtually impossible for him to leave his prison cell before he faces trial.In his first appearance since being arre…
Teacher Charged with Taking Bondage Pics of Students
Photodisc/Digital Vision/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A former elementary school teacher in Los Angeles has been arrested for allegedly molesting nearly two dozen children after photos of students posed in bondage positions were passed to the Sheriff’s D…
Missing Montana Teacher Sherry Arnold Dead, School Says
Comstock/Thinkstock(SIDNEY, Mont.) — Missing Montana mother and teacher Sherry Arnold is dead, according to a post on her school district’s website. The FBI announced Friday that they have one person in custody and another being questioned.Arnold, 43,…
FBI Joins Search for Missing Montana Teacher
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(SIDNEY, Mont.) — Police and now the FBI are racing against the clock to find clues leading to a missing Montana teacher, but will scale back searches in her hometown which began when the 43-year-old mother of two vanished four da…
Search Continues for Missing Montana Teacher; Running Shoe Found
Ryan McVay/Thinkstock(SIDNEY, Mont.) — Montana police are searching for a mother and math teacher who was last seen when she went out for an early morning jog on Saturday and did not return.Police found a running shoe identified as Sherry Arnold’s nea…
Cyberbaiting On the Rise as Teacher Tantrums Posted to YouTube
Creatas Images/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If you do a quick search on YouTube, you can find dozens of videos of teachers “flipping out” to the jeering laughter of students. Known as cyberbaiting, students engage in this form of bullying by provoking…