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Florida teacher fired for using student's preferred name, raising alarms in US education system
A Florida teacher, Melissa Calhoun, was fired for using a student's preferred name instead of their legal name, violating state law HB 1069. The law, which requires parental consent for any ...
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First Florida Teacher Fired for Using Student's Preferred Name Without Parental Consent
Melissa Calhoun was fired after calling a student a preferred name and did not follow Florida’s "Parental Authorization for Deviation from Student's Legal Name Form" law Google Maps A Florida ...
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College Student, Who Recently Went Viral for Her Smiling Mug Shot, Arrested Again — Only Weeks Later
University of Georgia student Lily Stewart was arrested on March ... that a fraternity was throwing at Georgia College & State University.
USA Today11d
Florida high school teacher loses job after using student's preferred name
A Florida school district has opted not to renew a high school teacher's contract after she referred to a student by a name other than their legal name without parental permission. The decision ...
WESH8d
Brevard County teacher's contract not renewed for not using student's legal name
THE DISTRICT SAYS THAT THE TEACHER ADMITTED TO USING A STUDENT’S PREFERRED NAME WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM A PARENT, AND AS WESH 2’S PAOLA TRISTAN ARUDA EXPLAINS, THE DISTRICT IS HOLDING OFF ON ...
Business Insider24d
College students are using AI, but they're conflicted about it
BI talked to more than a dozen college students to see how they're using ... Michael, who requested to go by his first name to avoid potential academic consequences, said he grapples with feeling ...
Florida Today9d
Brevard teens decry decision not to renew teacher for calling student by preferred name
Satellite High School senior Natalia Rojas says she knew that when Florida's 2023 law requiring parental consent for K-12 students to go by any alternative to their legal name in school went into ...
The Patriot Ledger11d
Satellite High teacher loses job after using student's preferred name: What we know
The decision was made not to renew Melissa Calhoun's annual contract after an investigation was conducted into the situation, said BPS Spokesperson Janet Murnaghan in a statement emailed to ...
ABC News4d
American college student arrested in Denmark speaks out: 'We had done nothing wrong'
MORE: 2 college students released from jail in Denmark after alleged altercation with Uber driver In an account relayed to Finfer, who then shared the details with ABC News, Ray said he and his ...
Inside Higher Ed25d
Parenting Student Supports Aid Retention, Credit Completion
with 48 percent of student mothers leaving college without a credential and 61 percent of student fathers stopping out. To address student parents’ success, Austin Community College in Texas created ...
CNN7d
A Florida teacher called a student by their preferred name without parental permission. Her teaching contract wasn’t renewed
A Florida high school teacher’s community is rallying behind her after the school district chose not to renew her teaching contract because she called a student by their preferred name without ...