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teacher

[tee-cher] / ˈti tʃər /


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Spies’ parents were educators, and while she was building her career as a comic, she worked as an eighth-grade drama teacher and developed a stand-up curriculum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

A high-school English teacher of mine had a few cardinal rules for writing an essay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1924, Saint had originally intended to become a teacher before developing a passion for theatre.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The protests started in late September with students blocking entrances to hundreds of high schools for 15- to 17-year-olds over complaints of dilapidated facilities and teacher shortages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

He sincerely hoped Mr. Reardon had never been a middle-school teacher, because if he had, he’d never fall for this.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Fremont High School student May Gutierrez, 17, said that although teachers are concerned about AI being used to plagiarize, they’re also using it themselves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

On Tuesday, more than 260,000 students, parents and teachers took to the streets as protesters blockaded hundreds of high schools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

But studies show AI text detectors are often unreliable, generating false positives that can erode trust between instructors and students and forcing teachers to devise innovative methods to detect cheating and evaluate assignments.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Protesters are demanding the government boost spending on the education system by fixing crumbling infrastructure, reducing class sizes and hiring new teachers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The teachers were also overjoyed to see Penelope.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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