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Scores of British and Australian Schools Benefit from Tradewind Recruitment’s Enhanced Criminal Records Check

Scores of British and Australian Schools Benefit from Tradewind Recruitment’s Enhanced Criminal Records Check

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With the Criminal Bureau Records’ recent shocking revelation of over 4,000 teaching applicants carrying a barrage of criminal records, Tradewind Recruitment’s stringent recruitment process and its 100 percent score in the latest Department for

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Abuse, not love: Teachers accused of beating two students

Abuse, not love: Teachers accused of beating two students

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Two cases of teachers brutally torturing students were reported from Khanewal and Rahim Yar Khan on Saturday. Acting on media reports of a teacher torturing Mohammad Awais, a student of grade 5, at the Government

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Teacher fired from substitute service after charges

Teacher fired from substitute service after charges

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A service that provides substitute teachers to school districts in Michigan and Indiana has fired a teacher charged with sex crimes in Saranac. Krag Sanford, 59, was arrested last week on two felony counts of

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Former Lincoln teacher gets 6 years for sexually abusing student

Former Lincoln teacher gets 6 years for sexually abusing student

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Former Lincoln Community High School teacher Doug Benz was escorted in handcuffs from a Logan County courtroom Tuesday morning after admitting he sexually abused one of his students last year. He’s headed to prison to

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When background checks miss the mark

When background checks miss the mark

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The teacher arrived with excellent credentials and more than 20 years of experience in the classroom when he accepted a position last year at a private school in Menlo Park. What the school didn't know

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Ex-teacher gets four years in prison for molestation

Ex-teacher gets four years in prison for molestation

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A 58-year-old Gananoque teacher, whose career ended three years ago with his arrest following revelations that he’d sexually molested a young boy 30 years earlier in Kingston, has now lost his freedom as well. Kenneth

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Ex-Teacher at Bronx Private School Accused of Sexual Misconduct

Ex-Teacher at Bronx Private School Accused of Sexual Misconduct

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A former math teacher at Riverdale Country Schoolin the Bronx was arrested Monday on charges of engaging in sexual conduct with a teenage student. The former teacher, Richard Hovan, 30, surrendered to the authorities in

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Background checks for school bus drivers signed into law

Background checks for school bus drivers signed into law

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An Osage woman’s concern for child safety has resulted in mandatory background checks for Iowa school bus drivers. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad signed the bill into law Wednesday. Kim Koenigs of Osage worked and advocated for

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