Are our teachers making the grade(s)? A good teacher keeps students engaged, fosters curiosity and has the ability to teach what is being tested. Sometimes testing or grading certain students can be as painful for them as it is for the teacher, causing a negative attitude toward that subject for life. ...more

January 24, 2009

"Ms. Hempel Chronicles," by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum (Harcourt, $23) ...more

October 5, 2008

Months before she was accused of having sex with two boys, teacher Stephanie Ragusa complained to school officials about a confrontation with her principal centering on Ragusa's relations with male students. ...more

August 8, 2008

Growing tired of watching one teacher-student sex scandal after another hit the headlines, the mother of one minor involved in a case spoke publicly for the first time Monday. ...more

June 17, 2008

TAMPA - Former Wharton High School teacher and coach Jaymee Wallace, 30, received three years in prison today for lewd and lascivious battery and unlawful sexual activity with a minor student. ...more

December 5, 2007

A former Wharton High School student who had a nearly two-year sexual relationship with her teacher and coach told a judge Monday she doesn't want the teacher to go to jail. ...more

October 9, 2007

TAMPA - A former Wharton High School student who had a nearly two-year sexual relationship with her teacher and coach told a judge today she doesn't want the teacher to go to jail. ...more

October 8, 2007