In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the teachers' union have been battling over his plan to lengthen the school day; an agreement was reached last month when the school district agreed to hire back teachers for more enrichment programs rather than simply forcing classroom teachers to work longer hours.
On Thursday, an 11-year-old girl was forced into a classroom closet by the boy and a 12-year-old boy, and was sodomized, the police said.
In Bangladesh, Practical Action researchers found teachers forced to keep classroom windows open during the cold season in order to let in natural light.
Irving Adler, a former New York City teacher who became a prolific writer of books on math and science for young people after being forced from the classroom during the Red Scare of the early 1950s, died on Saturday in Bennington, Vt.
Overcrowding in Alexandria's schools has forced students into classroom trailers, prompted school redistricting and resulted in the construction of Ferdinand T. Day Elementary School, which is slated to open in the fall.
I've wondered often over the past couple of weeks about the effect that might have had on the psyche of the gay members of that classroom; forced every day to enter a hostile environment in which they felt socially isolated, and unaccepted.
By sheer numbers, you can cut without getting into the teaching ranks, but with almost two-thirds of the payroll going to teachers and their aides, the state and local budgeteers may be forced into the classrooms.
Hundreds of students in Sana'a, Yemen's capital, were forced to evacuate classrooms soon after the clashes started.
Despite primary education being compulsory, girls are often forced out of the classroom at an early age to help provide for their families.
He is forced to leave the classroom in order to save the life of an old pupil, a Christian, who has been accused of collaborating with Israel, a crime punishable by death.
