21.   Teachers were fired, girls were banned, funds were diverted to religious centers that trained boys to be warriors for Islam.

22.   The new law also would make it easier for teachers to be fired.

23.   This must explain why school teachers get fired for misbehavior when sports heroes get welcome-back parties by their employers after avoiding the slammer.

24.   Unions are often blamed for making it hard to fire poor teachers.

25.   When teachers are fired, it is usually for gross misconduct, not inadequate instruction.

26.   Yet if the teachers who fail skills tests are fired, who will replace them?

27.   A high school substitute teacher was fired after taking off her shirt in class and teaching in her sports bra.

28.   Although he did not elaborate, union leaders said they interpreted the comments as a veiled threat to fire striking teachers.

29.   He said no teachers would be fired for participating in the stoppage.

30.   Three elementary school teachers were fired in Costa Rica for making Indian students strip naked to determine who had stolen some money.