Some folks like to complain that teachers, with their summer vacations and school breaks, get too much vacation. But many teachers would heartily disagree. To wit: Hot on the heels of the teacher who allegedly faked their daughter's death for vacation time comes the story of Mona Lisa Tello, a Manhattan science teacher busted today for claiming she had jury duty when she didn't [PDF]. How'd they catch her? Well, it didn't help that she spelled "trail" instead of "trial," "sited" instead of "cited" and "manger" instead of "manager" in a letter she forged to her boss. Whoops! more ›

Try taking "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" out for a spin! That's what the pint-sized spelling machines, including two from New York, competing in tomorrow night's Scripps National Spelling Bee finals will do, and the pressure is on. more ›

This typo was spotted over the weekend on the G train platform. Could it simply be an MTA error that has gone unnoticed, or is it the handiwork of a subway mosaic mash-up artist (if such a thing exists)? The MTA says they weren't aware of the error and told us that while they "can't imagine we've done any work there recently," they're going to look into it. Too bad people can't post comments on subway stations; the typo would have been corrected immediately. more ›