HAVERFORD, Pa. — A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. Leon Smith, 46, has spent his entire 25-year career at Haverford High School, where he teaches … Read more
A 15-year-old student who shot a Texas high school teacher before fatally shooting himself had been “experiencing academic challenges,” law enforcement said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The teacher remained hospitalized Tuesday, the Comal County Sheriff’s Office said. The student died at the scene. Their … Read more
A 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself Monday, according to authorities, who were still investigating what led to the early morning attack. No other injuries were reported at Hill Country College Preparatory High School in Bulverde, a small but growing city near San Antonio. The teacher … Read more
A teacher at a Texas high school was shot by a student Monday morning and that student is now dead, law enforcement said. The teacher was hospitalized with unknown injuries, and the student, a 15-year-old boy, died at the scene, the Comal County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release on Facebook. “We know this … Read more
A former teacher at a venerable Massachusetts boarding and day school for girls has been charged with three counts of rape, the Berkshire County District Attorney’s Office announced. Matthew Rutledge, who had been accused of grooming students for sex during his 30-plus-year career at Miss Hall’s School, was indicted by a grand jury on the … Read more
Correspondent Anderson Cooper spoke to 60 Minutes Overtime about his former math teacher, Yves Volel, who ran for president in Haiti in 1987 and was later assassinated. Source link
In Port-au-Prince, hidden in a guarded enclave, the orphanage Have Faith Haiti stands as a refuge from the gang violence just outside of its walls that has nearly consumed the country’s capital. “Most of these kids have not left this orphanage for four years because of the security situation in Haiti,” correspondent Anderson Cooper told … Read more
ATLANTA — A Georgia prosecutor has decided to drop charges against a teenager who police say was driving the truck that struck and killed a beloved high school teacher when a prank turned deadly, the teen’s lawyer said. The victim’s family had urged authorities not to compound the tragedy by prosecuting the teen driver and … Read more
Sorrow clings to Gainesville, Georgia, as the community tries to make sense of a beloved teacher’s death. Mark Strassmann has more. Source link
Georgia teacher dies after student prank gone wrong – CBS News Watch CBS News A Georgia teacher has died after authorities say he was struck by a vehicle during a late-night prank outside his home, prompting vehicular homicide charges against an 18-year-old. Mark Strassmann has more Source link