N.J. Teacher Bullied Students, Should Be Fired, State Arbitrator Rules: Patch PM

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N.J. Teacher Bullied Students, Should Be Fired, State Arbitrator Says

A North Jersey middle school teacher who allegedly had a physical altercation with a student, cursed during class, made sexual references, and told a teen girl to get on birth control should be fired, an arbitrator for the State Department of Education said. >>>Read more on Patch.

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