Coverage dated December 13, 2021

Organizers Apologize for Event That Had Teachers Crawling for Cash

Headline from NBC10 Philadelphia

The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the event was criticized as demeaning

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30 articles, oldest first.

  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Event featuring teachers crawling for cash prompts apology (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Critics on social media called the event featuring teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota demeaning.

  2. NBC10 Philadelphia

    Organizers Apologize for Event That Had Teachers Crawling for Cash (opens NBC10 Philadelphia)

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    NBC10 Philadelphia's feed description

    The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the event was criticized as demeaning

  3. Bismarck Tribune

    Union rep: Teachers should not be crawling on ice for money (opens Bismarck Tribune)

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    Bismarck Tribune's feed description

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A fundraising event that featured teachers on their hands and knees fetching dollar bills between periods of a junior hockey league game in South Dakota

  4. Insider

    Organizers of a 'Dash for Cash' in South Dakota apologized for the 'degrading' event, which had teachers scrambling for dollar bills on an ice rink to buy school supplies (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    After the South Dakota teacher cash grab went viral and was likened to "Squid Game," organizers said, "We can see how it appears to be degrading."

  5. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Event featuring South Dakota teachers crawling for cash prompts apology (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in Sioux Falls are apologizing after the event drew criticism.

  6. Fox News

    School teachers' 'Dash for Cash' event prompts apology (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    The organizers of a fundraiser that featured teachers on their hands and knees grabbing for dollar bills at a junior hockey league game in South Dakota are apologizing after the event drew criticism.

  7. Newsweek

    Teachers' 'Dash for Cash' organizers apologize for event, donate $15K to area educators (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The Sioux Falls Stampede hockey team and CU Mortgage Direct said that the viral fundraiser could seem "degrading and insulting" towards teachers.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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