Classes set to resume at Texas high school where teacher fatally stabbed; student held

September 26th, 2009 Memorial service held for slain Texas teacherTYLER, Texas — Hundreds of friends, family members, colleagues and students gathered to remember the life of an educator and musician who was stabbed to death at a Texas high school. Drawings, letters, scrapbooks and notes from John Tyler High School students to special education teacher Todd Roberts Henry filled the foyer of the chapel at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, where the memorial service was held Saturday.

September 24th, 2009 Ariz. teen stabbed to death on high school campusMESA, Ariz. — Police say a 15-year-old boy is dead after he was stabbed repeatedly outside his suburban Phoenix high school.

September 24th, 2009 Classes resume at Texas school after teacher slainTYLER, Texas — A makeshift memorial surrounded a flagpole Thursday at a high school where classes resumed under tight security a day after a teacher was fatally stabbed, allegedly by one of his students. Uniformed officers were stationed outside John Tyler High School, where Todd Henry, a 50-year-old special education teacher who had a passion for music, was attacked in a classroom Wednesday and later died.

September 24th, 2009 Attorney: Stabbing suspect 'mentally disturbed'TYLER, Texas — The attorney for a 16-year-old student accused of fatally stabbing his teacher at a Texas high school says the boy has a lengthy history of mental illness. Jim Huggler said Thursday he planned to seek a competency hearing after a juvenile judge in Tyler ruled there was probable cause for a murder charge.

September 24th, 2009 Arizona teen fatally stabbed on high school campusMESA, Ariz. — A 15-year-old boy who was stabbed repeatedly outside his suburban Phoenix high school as he fought with another teen died Thursday, authorities said.

September 24th, 2009 Slain Texas teacher faced trouble at school beforeTYLER, Texas — Special education teacher Todd Henry worked with troubled students for years and had been injured at school before. The onetime prison therapist who died Wednesday after being stabbed in a classroom, allegedly by one of his students, missed the first two weeks of this school year recovering from shoulder surgery after breaking up a fight at John Tyler High School last year.

September 23rd, 2009 Teacher killed at Texas high school; teen heldTYLER, Texas — A special-education teacher who had a passion for music was fatally stabbed Wednesday morning in a Texas high school classroom, and police took a 16-year-old student into custody. Todd R. Henry, 50, worked with students at John Tyler High School who were either emotionally or behaviorally challenged, according to his older brother, Jody Henry.

September 17th, 2009 A glance at school violence in recent yearsA student armed with an ax and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in southern Germany on Thursday. Here is a glance at some of the worst school violence worldwide in recent years: April 30: Farda Gadyrov, 29, enters the prestigious Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in the capital, Baku, armed with an automatic pistol and clips.

September 15th, 2009 Fla. student stabbed to death in fight at schoolMIAMI — One student stabbed another to death during a fight Tuesday in a courtyard at their suburban high school, authorities said. School officials identified the victim as 17-year-old sophomore Juan Carlos Rivera.

September 15th, 2009 Student stabbed at Fla. school; 1 in custodyCORAL GABLES, Fla.

September 15th, 2009 Police: Fla. student fatally stabbed at schoolCORAL GABLES, Fla.

September 13th, 2009 WA official: Only US teacher strike nears endKENT, Wash. — Contract negotiators reached a tentative agreement Sunday night aimed at ending a teacher strike in Washington, the only such walkout in the nation, a union official said.

September 10th, 2009 Judge to weigh in on teacher strike in WashingtonKENT, Wash. — A judge is expected to weigh in Thursday on a teacher strike that has shut down the fourth-largest school district in Washington during the first week of classes.

June 9th, 2009 Teacher allegedly tosses stapler, hitting studentPHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia school teacher is under investigation for allegedly throwing a stapler that struck a student in the head. The mother of a 15-year-old boy said she took him to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where he received four stitches in his forehead Friday afternoon.

April 21st, 2009 English classes resume for Binghamton immigrantsBINGHAMTON, N.Y. — English classes for immigrants in Binghamton, N.Y., have resumed for the first time since a gunman's deadly rampage nearly three weeks ago.