schoolteacher

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Gil Kerley was born in 1961 in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the still-segregated South, the only child of a schoolteacher and a college econ professor.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The second part honors David Rhys Jones, a schoolteacher at Ysgol Uwchradd Aberteifi in Cardigan, Wales, who taught the study's lead author.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Residents said the house, near Qlayaa’s outskirts, was owned by a retired schoolteacher and his wife, who were in the kitchen at the time of the attack.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Rosemary, the schoolteacher in her 40s, pleads with her suitor, Howard, to marry her not out of romance, but desperation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The schoolteacher, though his true name was Mentor, was sometimes affectionately called “Rosy” by the children because of the crimson birthmark that spread across his face.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry