The Middletown Press

Former CT teacher who used 'n-word' in class covered by free speech, judge rules

The teacher framed the discussion around the n-word as "one of the most derogatory and offensive slurs against any racial or ...
Harvard Graduate School of EducationOpinion

Case Studies Help Teachers Tackle Ethical Classroom Dilemmas

According to Levinson, educational case studies offer nuanced lessons for everyone. The first step for many people is ...

Court says Middletown teacher’s alleged use of racial slur was protected by CT free speech laws

A court judge ruled on Wednesday that a Middletown teacher’s alleged use of a racial slur in class was potentially protected ...

Washington parents express concern over gender identity lesson in ninth-grade English

Neither state nor federal law mandates Mattingly’s lesson or the assignments that she provided to her first-year students.
El País in English

Peru’s interim president declares state of emergency in Lima and Callao: ‘Wars are won with actions, not words’

With a very brief address to the nation, Peru’s interim president, José Jerí, announced on Tuesday night the start of a state of emergency for Lima and Callao — one of the country’s most populated ...
Los Angeles Times

Kids are hollering ‘6-7’ in the classroom. Here’s what it means

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Middle school students are disrupting classes by shouting “6-7,” a meaningless phrase from a rap song that has ...
Mental Floss

10 Old English Words You Need to Be Using

If you learn just 10 Old English words today, let them be these from Mark Forsyth's The Horologicon: A Day’s Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language. “There is a single Old English word ...