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Blogging Teacher Reinstated

By The Associated Press — August 09, 2011 1 min read
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Pennsylvania English teacher Natalie Munroe, who was suspended over personal blog posts in which she referred to students as disengaged, lazy whiners, was reinstated last week. Officials with Central Bucks East High School said that Ms. Munroe had a legal right to her job, but that dozens of students had asked to be kept out of her classes.

A version of this article appeared in the August 10, 2011 edition of Education Week as Blogging Teacher Reinstated

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