Keeping this teacher in the classroom put students at risk
How violent teachers remained in schools. The forthcoming Palestinian-Israeli peace plans. And boys and sex in the #MeToo age.
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Ann Dornfeld, Abusive teachers
Seattle knew these teachers were abusive, but they were allowed to remain in – and in some cases, to return to – the classroom. KUOW’s Ann Dornfeld investigated the story, which included one teacher who punched an 8th grader in the face in the middle of class, and another who was pulling multiple state salaries while working as a substitute teacher during administrative suspension from another job.
Daniel Estrin on Palestinian-Israeli peace plan
Tomorrow the administration plans to unveil its Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. NPR’s Jerusalem reporter Daniel Estrin has context for the likely announcement.
Peggy Orenstein, Boys and Sex
Author Peggy Orenstein’s Girls and Sex came out shortly before the #MeToo movement. Her new book, Boys and Sex, just published into a new era of sex and consent. It examines how teen boys are navigating that updated landscape.
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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