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...since Cellucci has stepped into his State House chambers, he has acted in a nearly belligerent tone with attempts to bring back the death penalty. The governor also supports stronger use of teacher tests and the appointment of James Peyser, a vocal advocate of school choice, to chair of the state Board of Education. Cellucci has not been without his critics...
Abdul Sankoh, 27, was a teacher until last December, when fighting between government and rebel forces closed his school. Now he is jobless and lives at the Murray Town amputee center in Freetown. On the morning of April 30, after hiding from the fighting for three days in the bush without food, he and another man went back to their village to look for mangoes to take to their friends...
When they had finished killing the other five, they started arguing. Some wanted to kill us, but others said we should carry rice for them. My friend was a farmer, and I told them I was too. I said that because at that time, the rebels were searching for teachers and police. Then someone came up and said he knew me, although I didn't know him. I thought he might save me, but he turned out to be the one who destroyed me. He said, "I know you. You're a teacher, and you have a friend...
Oklahoma junior high school science teacher Dennis Fritz never thought he would be convicted of raping and murdering his neighbor, 21-year-old Debra Sue Carter. He had no criminal record, except for driving offenses, and the case against him was paper thin--flimsy circumstantial evidence and the dubious testimony of a jailhouse snitch who claimed Fritz confessed while awaiting trial. Was that really all it took to send a man away for life? "When the jury came back with a guilty verdict, I almost went into shock," says Fritz...
...ready to go back to school in the good old days of, say, 1997 meant a few trips to the mall, a quick check of the bus route and a thorough sweep of the stationery aisle. This year, for many parents, there are some new things to remember: the teacher's e-mail address, the school's website or which night online homework help chat will be offered. "The 1999-2000 school year will be the one where the majority of parents really feel the Internet's influence on their child's education at the everyday level," says Jonathan Carson...