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Houston teacher, Shantavia Reddick, and her dog were murdered by friend's alleged abusive boyfriend in an attempt to save her.

David Hickman has had a gaping hole on the side of his home for nearly nine months. It happened after a man in a stolen vehicle crashed into it on Dec. 2, 2022.

Schools are increasingly turning to less-qualified applicants who are changing careers to help fill vacant teaching positions.

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Dimitri Humphrey, 28, is accused of killing Shantavia Reddick, 28, and her dog. Reddick was a third-grade teacher in Spring, Texas.

The state opened the school year with 3,584 teaching vacancies, almost a 20 percent drop from the previous year, but many of the new hires are less qualified. There’s been a 51 percent decrease in the last decade in traditional teacher preparation program enrollment.

A Texas elementary school teacher and her dog were fatally shot while she protected her friend who was trying to leave an abusive relationship, police said.

Did you know that about one in four women and nearly one in 10 men have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime?

The seven initial members of a new state commission that would authorize and oversee “community choice” charter schools in Montana have been announced.