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In 2023, Fernald and fellow docent Tony Misch were on hand to accept the Cornerstone of the Arts Creative Impact Award from the city of San Jose, noting that the program had reached more than 1 million students in its five decades.
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
The author also volunteered as a Torrey Pines State Reserve docent for four years in the 1980s.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Depot Day at Travel Town Train Museum in Griffith Park will include high school jazz bands, docent tours, g-scale train displays, a Halloween Costume Parade (for members only) and contest along with train play area and more.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
With Danny held hostage, Maria’s life begins to flourish and that star pupil, Pauline, inches ever-closer to her favorite docent as sympathies slip away and oscillate between characters, the film making quick work of manipulating mounting emotions.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
The author also volunteered as a Torrey Pines State Reserve docent for four years in the 1980s.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2025
Depot Day at Travel Town Train Museum in Griffith Park will include high school jazz bands, docent tours, g-scale train displays, a Halloween Costume Parade (for members only) and contest along with train play area and more.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 29 Sep. 2025
With Danny held hostage, Maria’s life begins to flourish and that star pupil, Pauline, inches ever-closer to her favorite docent as sympathies slip away and oscillate between characters, the film making quick work of manipulating mounting emotions.
—Holly Jones, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for docent
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Still, the free version of AI apps doesn’t paint the full picture of what the technology is capable of, according to Emily DeJeu, a professor who teaches courses about the use of AI in business at Carnegie Mellon University.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Sports pedagogy professor Josef Fahlén, who works at Umeå University in Sweden, said that Sweden’s milling and mining companies supported hockey’s growth dating back to at least the 1930s.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Inspectors found shortcomings such as employing unqualified instructors, failing to test students’ skills or teach them how to handle hazardous materials and using the wrong equipment to teach drivers.—
Josh Funk,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Here, three experts—Emily English (@EmTheNutritionist), ALO Wellness Club pilates instructor Bianca Wise, and Rachel Butcher, head of nutrition at Third Space—break down the obsession with macros, and explain whether there is a healthy way to track them.—
Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2026
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That includes asking questions from both the patient’s and doctor’s perspective.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Many of those mothers might otherwise have arrived at the emergency room in labor without ever seeing a doctor.—
Shane Strum,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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For its candidates in each of Hungary's 106 individual voting constituencies, Tisza has largely drawn on political neophytes locally active as entrepreneurs, doctors, economists, educators and other professionals.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Arkansas Education Association is the state affiliate of the National Education Association, a nationwide labor union representing educators.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2026
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Jahneel Small, chief of staff and special organizing projects for Educators for Excellence, worked as a teacher and dean of students for 17 years.—
Theo Peck-Suzuki,
Hartford Courant,
15 Feb. 2026
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Prior to becoming interim principal, Misicka was Larkin’s assistant principal of culture and climate for six years and freshman dean of students for two years.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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There’s also a romantic interest in the form of Ruth (Jessica Henwick), a schoolteacher.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
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His father had worked as a scribe, a schoolteacher, a clerk at a trading firm, a manager at a ferry service, in a swathe across northern-central-eastern India, living out of homes that were never self-owned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Carroll balances it all as a full-time pedagogue.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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Even for instructors that care about teaching, keeping student’s attention is increasingly challenging from pedagogues at elementary schools to graduate school professors at elite universities as students show up distracted and on their phones.—
Sergei Revzin,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Docent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docent. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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