as in educator
a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
a young man who ardently wants to become a teacher and teach first grade
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools employs more than 18,000 people, ranging from teachers and principals to assistants, custodians and secretaries.
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Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
Kim Whitman, co-founder of the Phone Free Schools Movement, said the issue is catching on because parents and teachers in both red and blue states are struggling with the consequences of kids on mobile devices.
—Andrew Demillo, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Lee Jin-man/AP Jeong Hyung-mok, a 76-year-old retired teacher, took part in the anti-impeachment protest also happening outside the presidential residence on Wednesday.
—Se Eun Gong, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 27 Jan. 2025
Kim Whitman, co-founder of the Phone Free Schools Movement, said the issue is catching on because parents and teachers in both red and blue states are struggling with the consequences of kids on mobile devices.
—Andrew Demillo, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
Lee Jin-man/AP Jeong Hyung-mok, a 76-year-old retired teacher, took part in the anti-impeachment protest also happening outside the presidential residence on Wednesday.
—Se Eun Gong, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Teacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacher. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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