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a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
schoolteachers don't always get the summers off, for some teach during that period as well
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Recent Examples of schoolteacher
Honeybee Bedtime Stories—A schoolteacher and a mother of two is trying to make bedtime easier with mindfulness techniques.
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Introduced in 1986 by Rowland, who was formerly a schoolteacher, the American Girl line originally featured 18-inch historical dolls with authentic period outfits, accessories and a series of books.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Robinson was born to a schoolteacher and a landscape architect turned woodworker outside Edinburgh, in the eastern Lowlands of Scotland.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The titular protagonist finds this out for herself after her schoolteacher husband dies suddenly, leaving her alone to raise four children in the market town of Enniscorthy in the Irish Southeast.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Anna Halkidis, Parents, 6 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline Introduced in 1986 by Rowland, who was formerly a schoolteacher, the American Girl line originally featured 18-inch historical dolls with authentic period outfits, accessories and a series of books.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Dec. 2024
Robinson was born to a schoolteacher and a landscape architect turned woodworker outside Edinburgh, in the eastern Lowlands of Scotland.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
The titular protagonist finds this out for herself after her schoolteacher husband dies suddenly, leaving her alone to raise four children in the market town of Enniscorthy in the Irish Southeast.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schoolteacher
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Middleton, who was sent to Dozier between 1959 and 1961, recalled being beaten six times for infractions that included eating blackberries off a fence and mispronouncing a teacher’s name.Kate Payne, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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William Daugherty, a Del Valle teacher who is on his fourth round of lymphoma treatment, was gifted box after box of cleaning supplies to help him during his new treatment.Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 1 Jan. 2025
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As corporations roll back their DEI policies amid shifting tides of political discourse, I am reminded that, for educators, abandoning this work is not an option.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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This vision cannot be propelled by one segment alone, but by the collective effort of policymakers, health care leaders, educators, and community members.Ann Marie P. Mauro, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
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Overall, instructors say that their students’ use of AI tools is freeing them up to teach higher-level thinking that used to be reserved for advanced classes.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2024
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Taking place during the events of 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, the action flick also stars recruiter Ian McShane and training camp instructor Sharon Duncan-Brewster.Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Schoolteacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schoolteacher. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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