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Duncanville High Teacher On Leave After Student Viral Video Rant

A Duncanville High School teacher has been placed on leave with pay after a video taken in her classroom went viral.

2013/05/09

Mugshot of former Grand Prairie teacher Tammy Lowe, who is accused in the hit and run death of a 6-year-old boy. (credit: Dallas County Jail)

Charges Dropped For Now Against Teacher Accused In Deadly Hit & Run

The former teacher who is accused of hitting and killing a six-year-old boy will fight the charges against her.

CBS 11–2013/03/07

Civil Rights Complaint Filed In Pencil Shavings Incident

A federal civil rights complaint has been filed against Arlington ISD by the mother of a boy who had pencil shavings poured into his mouth by his teacher.

KRLD–2013/02/21

Teacher Suspended After Pouring Pencil Shavings In Student’s Mouth

Marquis Jay pulls out a pencil sharpener and shows the amount of shavings inside, “She poured the pencil shavings in my mouth.”

CBS 11–2013/02/08

The judge's podium in a courtroom. (credit: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images)

Texas Teacher Gets Prison For Sex With Student, 12

A female elementary school teacher in South Texas has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old male student.

2012/11/28

Student Claims Garland Teacher Assaulted Him

A Garland family claims a public school teacher assaulted their son and they want police and the school district to take action.

CBS 11–2012/11/02

Police Searching For Wal-Mart Wallet Snatcher

Saginaw police are looking for a man who swiped two wallets out of shoppers’ purses at an area Wal-Mart.

CBS 11–2012/10/24

Parents Of First Grader Say Son Was Bullied By Own Teacher

A North Texas couple says their son was bullied at school, not by a fellow classmate, but by his first grade teacher.

2012/10/19

New Dallas Independent School District superintendent talks with CBS 11 News on his first official day on the job. (credit: CBSDFW.COM)

New DISD Super Miles Has Homework For Top Brass

New Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Miles is giving himself and his top administrators a major assignment to improve the quality of education and how the district works.

2012/10/09

Student Directs Racial Slur At Local Teacher

Randall Anderson has been a teacher at Sam Houston High School in Arlington for three weeks. Anderson says lessons are important and he works on his every night.

2012/09/17

6 Go To Hospital After Classroom Experiment Goes Awry

A teacher and several students in the Arlington Independent School District were taken to the hospital after a chemistry experiment went awry.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/09/12

Kennedale High School teacher Brittni Nicole Colleps is accused of having of having sexual intercourse with students at her Arlington home. (credit: Arlington Police Dept.)

Kennedale Teacher Gets 5 Years For Improper Relationship With Students

The former Kennedale High School teacher on trial for having sex with students was found guilty Friday on 16 criminal counts. During the punishment phase of the trial both Brittni Colleps’ husband and mother begged jurors for mercy.

CBSDFW.COM–2012/08/17