Fathers are our first teachers and coaches -- or in my house, assistant teachers and assistant coaches -- (laughter) -- to mom.

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Head teachers, teachers and parents agree that a classroom assistant is an immense asset in the classroom.

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John Bangs, assistant secretary for the National Union of Teachers, said the union was not worried about the rise in applications for special considerations.

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Due to seniority rules in some districts, those positions that are getting filled will go to experienced professionals whose previous jobs were eliminated instead of to "freshly minted teachers and recent graduates, " Noelle Ellerson, assistant director for public policy and advocacy at the American Association of School Administrators, said via email.

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Among those also indicted were four of Hall's executive administrators, six principals, two assistant principals, six testing coordinators, 14 teachers, a school improvement specialist and a school secretary.

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They were joined by Assistant White House Chef Sam Kass, who told the kids that they had a responsibility to be teachers as well as students -- when it comes to healthy eating.

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