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Do you Have an Effective Pre-Employment Screening Policy for New Teachers?
It is estimated that in 2010, a massive 90% of companies performed some kind of background check during their hiring process. This figure, Susan McCullah suggests, broadly encompasses criminal, drug, assessment testing, and education
Read More »Alabama teacher facing drug, moonshine charges
Officials say a south Alabamahigh school science teacher will likely lose his job following his arrest on drug and moonshine charges. Houston County sheriff's deputies say 32-year-old Jason Allen Andrews was arrested after being pulled
Read More »Academy ‘teacher’ on pupil sex charge
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court charged with sexual assault on a boy, 14, and abuse of his position of trust. The charges against Christopher Midgley, of Brookside, Coppull, Chorley, involve a pupil at
Read More »Alleged Teacher Sex Assault Victim Sues School System
The mother of an alleged sex abuse victim filed suit Wednesday against the Miami-Dade school system claiming administrators failed to protect her daughter from a sexual predator: The girl’s Physical Education teacher. “My first reaction,
Read More »Lawsuit Filed Against Dade Schools For Alleged Sex Assault By Teacher
The mother of a now-15-year-old girl filed a lawsuit on behalf of her daughter against Miami-Dade County Public Schools Wednesday after she said no action was taken when a physical education teacher was accused
Read More »Zachary Meints, Former Boulder Youth Hockey Coach That Sent Boys Sexual Texts, Pleads Guilty To Internet Sex Exploitation
Zachary Meints, a 23-year-old former Boulder youth hockey coach accused of sending thousands of sexual texts and Facebook messages to minors asking them for naked photos and encouraging "masturbation races," has pleaded guilty to
Read More »Newton to tighten background checks after arrests of two employees on child porn charges
In response to the separate arrests this past winter of two city employees, including a teacher, on child pornography charges, Newton will expand its background checks of all new hires, schools Superintendent David Fleishman
Read More »Mayor Gets Tough on Sex Assault Teachers
Mayor Bloomberg proposed new legislation Tuesday giving new power to school districts and the New York City Schools chancellor to fire teachers accused of sexual assault. Under current New York state law, a hearing
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