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CT Teacher Wins $25K Milken Educator Award For Transforming High School Program CT Teacher Wins $25K Milken Educator Award For Transforming High School Program
CT Teacher Wins $25K Milken Educator Award For Transforming High School Program David Mason thought he was attending a routine assembly at Bacon Academy in Colchester earlier this month. Instead, the technology education teacher walked into a celebration of his own. Mason was honored with the prestigious Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 cash prize for his innovative teaching and leadership. The surprise came during what he believed was a visit from Connecticut Commissioner of Education Charlene M. Russell-Tucker about college and career readiness. “Today we celebrate David Mason for reshaping what’s possible for high school students at Bacon Academy,” said Dr. Jane …

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by Josh Lanier
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One Dead, Six Injured In Homecoming Shooting At One Of America’s Oldest HBCUs: DA One Dead, Six Injured In Homecoming Shooting At One Of America’s Oldest HBCUs: DA
One Dead, Six Injured In Homecoming Shooting At One Of America’s Oldest HBCUs: DA A shooting left one person dead and six others injured on the campus of Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania — one of America’s oldest historically Black colleges and universities — during homecoming weekend, authorities announced on Sunday, Oct. 26. Officers responded to the 1500 block of Baltimore Pike around 9:15 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, for reports of gunfire, according to the Chester County District Attorney’s Office. During a press conference early Sunday morning, Chester County District Attorney Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe confirmed the fatality and said one person …

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by Jillian Pikora
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Teen Accused Of Kicking School Worker To Death Charged With Assault: Report Teen Accused Of Kicking School Worker To Death Charged With Assault: Report
Teen Accused Of Kicking School Worker To Death Charged With Assault: Report A staff member at a Massachusetts therapeutic school was killed after she was kicked in the chest by a 14-year-old student. Now, a news report says authorities have charged the teenager with the death.  Amy Morrell, 53, of Riverside, Rhode Island, worked at Meadowridge Academy in Swansea. The school serves students with emotional and developmental challenges. Authorities said Morrell and other staff were trying to stop a student from leaving her dorm without permission on Oct. 15 when the teen kicked Morrell in the chest. “Shortly after being struck, the victim collapsed,” said Bristo…

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by Josh Lanier
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NY Teacher Caught On Livestream Sexting Purported 13-Year-Old Girl: Police NY Teacher Caught On Livestream Sexting Purported 13-Year-Old Girl: Police
NY Teacher Caught On Livestream Sexting Purported 13-Year-Old Girl: Police A Long Island elementary school teacher is accused of requesting sexually explicit photos from who he thought was a 13-year-old girl. Wading River Elementary School teacher Mark Verity, 37, was arrested by Suffolk County Police Friday, Oct. 17, hours after he was allegedly caught on a livestream admitting to engaging in sexually explicit conversations with a purported minor, as Daily Voice reported.  On Thursday, Oct. 16, the vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island posted a video claiming it had confronted the teacher during a sting operation. In the clip, Verity allege…

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by Michael Mashburn
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NY Teacher Discussed 'Sex, Kissing' With Purported 13-Year-Old Girl In Undercover Sting NY Teacher Discussed 'Sex, Kissing' With Purported 13-Year-Old Girl In Undercover Sting
NY Teacher Discussed 'Sex, Kissing' With Purported 13-Year-Old Girl In Undercover Sting A Long Island elementary school teacher has been suspended and banned from campus after allegedly having sexually explicit conversations with a purported underage girl. The Wading River Elementary School teacher was “caught on a livestreamed platform sharing disturbing remarks,” Shoreham-Wading River Central School District Superintendent Gerard Poole said in a letter to parents Wednesday, Oct. 15. It came hours after the vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island posted a video claiming it had confronted the teacher during a sting operation. In the clip, the man admits to engaging in a …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Federal Union Sues Trump-Vance Admin For Forcing Workers’ Emails To Blame Dems For Shutdown Federal Union Sues Trump-Vance Admin For Forcing Workers’ Emails To Blame Dems For Shutdown
Federal Union Sues Trump-Vance Admin For Forcing Workers’ Emails To Blame Dems For Shutdown The nation’s largest federal worker union is suing the Trump-Vance administration, accusing it of forcing government employees to send partisan political messages during the ongoing shutdown. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), which represents roughly 800,000 federal workers, filed the lawsuit Friday against the US Department of Education and Education Secretary Linda McMahon, alleging that the agency violated employees’ First Amendment rights by changing their automatic out-of-office email responses to blame Democrats for the shutdown. According to the lawsuit, the Edu…

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by Zak Failla
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Classmates Escort Autistic Teen To School After Bullying Attack As NY Mom Urges Reform Classmates Escort Autistic Teen To School After Bullying Attack As NY Mom Urges Reform
Classmates Escort Autistic Teen To School After Bullying Attack As NY Mom Urges Reform When bullies tried to break Tyler RocheTilden, his Long Island classmates had his back. Days after a vicious attack left the 15-year-old terrified to leave home, student athletes from Massapequa High School showed up at his door Tuesday, Sept. 30 – walking him to his homeroom class and proving he wasn’t alone. The heartwarming display came after an incident in Massapequa Park days earlier that left Tyler — who is on the autism spectrum and lives with severe anxiety — shaken and afraid to go outside, his mom Gina Moscato recounted on Facebook. In a series of posts that she shared with neigh…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Fentanyl Pill Found Outside CT Elementary School Fentanyl Pill Found Outside CT Elementary School
Fentanyl Pill Found Outside CT Elementary School Parents in Southington are on alert after a broken pill capsule containing fentanyl was found outside Urbin T. Kelley Elementary School, authorities said.  The capsule was spotted on the sidewalk by a staff member on Wednesday, Oct.1 Police tested the substance and confirmed it contained fentanyl, a powerful opioid that can be deadly even in tiny amounts. Principal Marilyn Kahl sent an email to parents after the pill was identified. Physical education classes stayed indoors, and a police drug-sniffing dog searched the building and grounds, she wrote. No other drugs were found. Ka…

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by Josh Lanier
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CT School Bus With 14 Students Crashes With Car CT School Bus With 14 Students Crashes With Car
CT School Bus With 14 Students Crashes With Car A school bus carrying 14 high school students was involved in a crash with a passenger vehicle on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 1.  Police were called to Stafford Avenue in Bristol, just south of Farmington Avenue, after a bus from Bristol Eastern High School just before 2 p.m. No one on the bus was injured, Bristol police said. The driver of the other vehicle complained of minor injuries and was evaluated by medical personnel. The Bristol Board of Education sent representatives to the scene. They will contact the parents of the students on the bus. Representatives from Fir…

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by Josh Lanier
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Fatal Shooting Of HS Senior By Federal Agents Justified, DA Says (UPDATE) Fatal Shooting Of HS Senior By Federal Agents Justified, DA Says (UPDATE)
Fatal Shooting Of HS Senior By Federal Agents Justified, DA Says (Update) The fatal shooting of an Aliquippa High School senior by a federal agent has been ruled justified, Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible announced during a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 1. The 18-year-old Kendric Curtis fired two rounds from a stolen handgun into an unmarked SUV carrying undercover ATF, FBI, and local task force officers on Waugaman Street at the Linmar Terrace apartment complex, DA Bible said. An ATF agent returned fire once, striking Curtis in the head. Curtis was flown to Allegheny General Hospital, where he died at 3:03 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 19, the Allegheny…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Parents Stunned As Schools Superintendent Arrested On Immigration Charges Parents Stunned As Schools Superintendent Arrested On Immigration Charges
Parents Stunned As Schools Superintendent Arrested On Immigration Charges The man leading Iowa's largest school system was arrested by federal immigration officers while carrying a loaded handgun, thousands in cash, and a hunting knife earlier this week.  Des Moines (Iowa) Schools Superintendent Ian Andre Roberts, a native of Guyana and ex-Olympian, was arrested by ICE agents after a short chase on Friday, Sept. 26, federal authorities said.  Roberts sped away when police attempted to arrest him. Iowa State Troopers found his car abandoned a short while later. Officers found a handgun, a knife, and $3,000 in cash inside. Roberts was arrested soon afte…

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by Josh Lanier
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16-Year-Old Who Stabbed Classmates In PA High School Charged As Adult: Police (UPDATE) 16-Year-Old Who Stabbed Classmates In PA High School Charged As Adult: Police (UPDATE)
16-Year-Old Who Stabbed Classmates In PA High School Charged As Adult: Police (Update) A 16-year-old student is being charged as an adult after a stabbing inside Pittsburgh Carrick High School left three classmates injured on Wednesday, Sept. 24, police announced. Anthony Taulton is facing three felony aggravated assault charges, along with possession of instruments of crime and possession of a weapon on school property, according to police and court records. Surveillance video captured Taulton squaring off with one victim before a fight broke out, leading to the stabbings, investigators said. The two other victims became involved during the altercation, police detailed in co…

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by Jillian Pikora