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teacher

[tee-cher] / ˈti tʃər /


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"For a young, struggling couple... living from paycheck to paycheck, $10,000 is a lot of money," says Jeff Fasnacht, a retired high school teacher who lives in the gated community.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Ms. Rowland had navigated a number of successful career pivots—from elementary-school teacher to news anchor to editor of children’s textbooks—which Ms. FitzSimons characterizes as “a series of wild swings that somehow worked out.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Zacharia, meanwhile, received the equivalent of a “see me after class” from the teacher in lieu of a grade.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

The two characters - long-standing icons of the games - are martial artists who trained under the same teacher before their relationship went sour.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I guess I’ll take next week,” said Eric LoBianco, a large boy who everyone said had wet his seat in second grade because the teacher wouldn’t let him leave the class to use the bathroom.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott

Compared with NYC-DSA’s base, which skews young, college-educated, and not especially well paid—heavy on teachers, social workers, and nonprofit employees—the MYD crowd runs established.

From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026

Along with a few like-minded friends, he collected more than 300 student signatures in support, drafted a constitution, and presented it to the student government and a board of teachers and faculty.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The government has made apparent attempts at concessions, with Education Minister Édouard Geffray promising 3,000 extra supply teachers, during a television interview on 8 October.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Students cheered as they stacked rubbish bins against the entrance to a school outside Paris, while a speaker thumped out French rap to young people, teachers and parents mingling in the early morning drizzle.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Several teachers heard Boyd yelling, “Don’t cut my ears off!” and they went to tell Mr. Crabtree.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson


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