His wife Jennifer, a fellow science teacher, recalled how her husband, father to their four-year-old son and five-month-old baby girl, would take coursework on holiday.

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Gloria Rodriguez, a 49-year-old high school teacher who marched with fellow educators in the capital, Madrid, told CNN there are "many reasons" to demonstrate against the government.

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Kerry also has made education a priority in the Senate, sometimes -- as described by The Almanac of American Politics -- parting company with fellow Democrats on issues such as teacher tenure.

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My teacher was a deeply tanned fellow named Aryeh, who told me he one day hoped to compete for the Israeli Olympic team. (I thought of him four years later, when Gal Fridman's Athens windsurfing victory landed Israel its first-ever Olympic gold).

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As many of her colleagues, Rodaina is actively engaged in training fellow-teachers in the context of school-based teacher professional development activities.

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