as in educator
a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
a young man who ardently wants to become a teacher and teach first grade
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While there will be growing pains trying to enforce a new policy halfway through the school year, Schumacher said this policy will ultimately support teachers and staff.
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Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Hackers and hacks 📚 Parents, students and teachers whose data was exposed in the recent PowerSchool breach have little recourse to protect themselves from identity theft.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
William Daugherty, a Del Valle teacher who is on his fourth round of lymphoma treatment, was gifted box after box of cleaning supplies to help him during his new treatment.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Jan. 2025
Middleton, who was sent to Dozier between 1959 and 1961, recalled being beaten six times for infractions that included eating blackberries off a fence and mispronouncing a teacher’s name.
—Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Taylor O’Connor, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2025
Hackers and hacks 📚 Parents, students and teachers whose data was exposed in the recent PowerSchool breach have little recourse to protect themselves from identity theft.
—Sam Sabin, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
William Daugherty, a Del Valle teacher who is on his fourth round of lymphoma treatment, was gifted box after box of cleaning supplies to help him during his new treatment.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Jan. 2025
Middleton, who was sent to Dozier between 1959 and 1961, recalled being beaten six times for infractions that included eating blackberries off a fence and mispronouncing a teacher’s name.
—Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacher. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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