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Meet the rural school district that used H-1B visas to hire Filipino teachers because ‘we quite simply didn’t have other applicants’

Meet the rural school district that used H-1B visas to hire Filipino teachers because ‘we quite simply didn’t have other applicants’

When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, a visa for skilled workers in specialty occupations. “We’ve hired the H-1B teachers because we …

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Texas teachers to be investigated for ‘reprehensible’ Charlie Kirk shooting reactions

Texas teachers to be investigated for ‘reprehensible’ Charlie Kirk shooting reactions

article CAMBRIDGE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE – MAY 19: Charlie Kirk speaks at The Cambridge Union on May 19, 2025 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union) AUSTIN – The Texas Education Agency is launching an investigation into teachers who have allegedly shared “reprehensible and inappropriate content” about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. The investigation comes in …

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Kim Kardashian Sparks Homework Debate Among Teachers, Parents

Kim Kardashian Sparks Homework Debate Among Teachers, Parents

“As a teacher who has to deal with 12-year-olds who can’t read and write, they need homework! And the parents need to be right there, making sure it gets done which gives them the individualized one on one help that they can’t receive during school,” one comment read. “Sounds like the Parent/s will not know what the kid/s learned, like how …

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Oklahoma Proposes ‘America First Test’ for Teachers From New York and California – The New York Times

Oklahoma Proposes ‘America First Test’ for Teachers From New York and California  The New York Times Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out ‘woke’ teacher applicants today  CNN Oklahoma will test some incoming teachers with ‘America-first’ exam  The Washington Post Oklahoma to require ideology test for teachers from New York and California  PBS Oklahoma will require teachers from NY, CA to prove …

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Oklahoma to require ideology test for teachers from New York and California

Oklahoma to require ideology test for teachers from New York and California

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology,” but which opponents decry as a “MAGA loyalty test.” Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from the two blue states will …

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Oklahoma will test some incoming teachers with ‘America-first’ exam – The Washington Post

Oklahoma will test some incoming teachers with ‘America-first’ exam  The Washington Post Oklahoma rolls a out test for teacher applicants from California and New York  MSNBC News Oklahoma to reportedly vet prospective teachers with ‘America first’ test  The Guardian Oklahoma will test teachers from New York and California to guard against ‘radical leftist ideology’  AP News Oklahoma will require teachers from NY, CA to …

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Oklahoma’s test for teachers from New York and California sparks criticism

Oklahoma’s test for teachers from New York and California sparks criticism

Oklahoma will require applicants for teacher jobs coming from California and New York to pass an exam that the Republican-dominated state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology,” but which opponents decry as a “MAGA loyalty test.” Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from the two blue states will …

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Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers – Alaska Beacon

Alaska lawmakers override governor’s veto of public school funding, restoring services and teachers  Alaska Beacon Lawmakers travel to Juneau for special session as governor says they ‘don’t seem to care’  Anchorage Daily News Special session: Lawmakers override governor’s education funding line-item veto  Alaska’s News Source Ignore Dunleavy’s edict. End the special session this weekend  Reporting From Alaska A $50.6 million vote: what’s at stake …

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Microsoft researchers have revealed the list of the 40 jobs that AI is likely to steal—and not even teachers are safe

Microsoft researchers have revealed the list of the 40 jobs that AI is likely to steal—and not even teachers are safe

As companies like Amazon publicly announced AI-driven workforce reductions, workers are scrambling to understand which careers might soon disappear and be outsourced to technology. A new report from Microsoft researchers studying the occupational implications of generative AI, offers some clarity. Translators, historians, and writers are among the roles with the highest AI applicability score, meaning the job’s tasks are most …

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