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Substitute shortages had long preceded the pandemic with schools struggling to retain quality candidates, but recent labor losses has exacerbated the situation.

With Massachusetts schools planning for reopening this fall – even in a hybrid model – some schools are trying to figure out how substitute teachers would work. Some schools and school districts have started to put out the call for subs – like Sutton Memorial High School, whose principal this week reached out to alumni who may be home this…

What’s being done to keep substitute teachers safe if and when school resumes in the fall, and will it make sense to have no people coming in to schools?

A substitute teacher is out of a job after school officials say the instructor was allegedly caught smoking marijuana in a Massachusetts classroom. Students quickly reported the “unfortunate and unprecedented experience” on Monday, North Attleborough High School Principal Peter Haviland said in a statement. “It was their quick decisions to report the concerns which allowed our school to immediately intervene…

A substitute teacher berated a Utah fifth grader after he said during a pre-Thanksgiving lesson that he was thankful he’s finally going to be adopted by his two dads, the parents said. The boy’s classmates said the teacher told him, “that’s nothing to be thankful for” and lectured the 30 kids in the class about her views on homosexuality. She...

Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual abuse are living under the radar with little to no oversight from religious authorities or law enforcement, decades after the first wave of the church abuse scandal roiled U.S. dioceses, an Associated Press investigation has found. These priests, deacons, monks and lay...

Graduation is a time for students to celebrate their achievements and walk across the stage. But for one student at George Mason Elementary in Richmond, Virginia, that opportunity might have been missed on Wednesday, had it not been for one teacher’s act of kindness.

Alabama Public Television has chosen not to air an episode of the PBS children’s show “Arthur” because it included a same-sex wedding. The episode “Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone” aired nationally on May 13, showing Arthur attending the wedding of his teacher and partner.

Former University of Oregon football star Keanon Lowe said he had just entered a classroom at the Portland high school where he works as a coach and security guard when a student armed with a black shotgun appeared in the doorway. Lowe had just seconds Friday to react. He lunged at the gunman and wrestled with him for the weapon...

A youth tennis instructor has been arraigned on child pornography charges, Rhode Island State Police say. Thomas E. Gallagher, 75, of Newport, was arrested Friday and charged with possession of child pornography after an investigation by the Rhode Island Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. Gallagher was arraigned at Second Division District Court and released on $50,000 personal recognizance with...

A sixth grader in Florida was arrested and charged with disrupting a school function and resisting an officer without violence after his refusal to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance escalated into a confrontation with police and school officials on Feb. 4, authorities said. A local news outlet, Bay News 9, reported that the confrontation began after the student at...

A New Jersey school district has apologized for a substitute teacher who told first-grade students that Santa Claus wasn’t real.

It’s Election Day in America, and voters will deliver their first verdict of President Donald Trump’s tumultuous tenure in a midterm that’s expected to draw historic numbers to the polls. Immigration, the economy, women’s issues, partisanship — all weighed heavily on voters’ minds as they cast ballots to decide control of Congress and put Trumpism to the test. Though not...

Two-time Golden Globe nominee Jack Black received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Tuesday, three days before the release of his latest film, “The House with a Clock in its Walls.”

A New Jersey woman who thought she was helping a down-and-out man pay for his gas station food ended up footing the bill for country music star Keith Urban.

A substitute teacher whose lust for life and love of family is among the first confirmed victims of Friday’s mass shooting at a Texas high school.

Milford High School students helped save one of their teachers who suffered a stroke while substitute teaching last month. On Wednesday, Jack Candini, 71, thanked those students.

A public school in Littleton, Massachusetts is experiencing some backlash from parents and students after a substitute teacher knelt in protest during a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance.

In a stunning decision, NASCAR driver Carl Edwards is walking away from the final year of his contract with Joe Gibbs Racing less than two months after nearly winning his first Cup championship, two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday.