If you or someone you know is a laid-off teacher, we just got a notice that Rebecca Vidmore, owner of A Nanny for U, a childcare placement service, is holding open meetings for teachers looking at a new career path or a job to tide them over until the school district regains its senses. Vidmore promises "steady work, a competitive salary, and a nurturing work environment." Plus, you don't have to photocopy textbooks. Meeting times and dates after the jump.
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A teacher friend of ours, who is in fact National Board certified, is all hot under the collar about HB 1410 and SB 5444, two bills that are touted as steps toward education reform elsewhere. more ›