Maine Teacher Loses Nearly 500 Pounds
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ELLSWORTH, Maine - Call Peter Loiselle a big fat loser and he'd have to agree. Between October 2001 and July 2004, the Surry Elementary School teacher lost nearly 500 pounds, and he did it without gastric bypass surgery. He dropped the pounds the old-fashioned way - with diet and exercise.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery. By Stuart Villanueva, AP.
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Ireneo Abadejos and Julieta Perez are among what they call the "lucky 30" Filipino teachers hired by the Prince George's County school system in October 2004 as part of an experiment to help fill a big teacher shortage.
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DALLAS - A teacher is on paid administrative leave after sending a first-grader home with feces in his backpack because the boy soiled the classroom floor.    The teacher apparently was frustrated with the 6-year-old student's actions so she wrapped up the waste and sent it home with the boy Tuesday along with a note, Dallas school district spokesman Donald Claxton said...
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More than 250,000 qualified teachers no longer work in schools, according to research by the Tories.
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As American children grow fatter and more out of shape, physical education classes are being found wanting. Experts say there's little accountability for P.E. teachers in most schools. They say the classes are often poorly run, and students don't spend much time in them anyway.
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By CINDY CLAYTON  BY CINDY CLAYTON  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  CHESAPEAKE - Two board members disclosed Friday that they a re among about 250 school system employees who learned last week that their personal information has been stolen.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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SALISBURY, Maryland - A teacher who did not have time to escort three students to the restroom is under fire for allegedly telling them to urinate in a soda bottle.  The students did as they were told, said Thomas Field, interim superintendent of Wicomico County schools.
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One out of every five children in a Chinese town is overweight, and everyone is blaming the TV. For each hour a day spent in front of the television the risk of obesity increases by one to two percent, according
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Manuel Uribe weighed 1,235 pounds when he made a desperate plea for help on national television in January.
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The Oregon mother of two watched with despair as budget cuts forced schools around the state to lay off teachers and close early. She&#39;s an active volunteer who helped raise $17,000 in private money to landscape a ...
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SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Nebraska man who weighed more than half a ton is doing better. Patrick Deuel checked himself into a hospital last month in Sioux Falls, SD The Valentine man weighed 1,072 pounds.
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota - A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering on Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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Increasing numbers of teachers are found to be off work sick according to a Highland Council's statistics.
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Former Stoughton High School star Matt King has been selected as a captain of the University of Maine football team -- a tribute, in part, to his determination.
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A woman who spent 29 years as a teacher and counselor at the city high school has left $1.3 million to the school district.