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Wisconsin School District Not Liable for Teacher Kelly Sweet’s Sexual Abuse of 8th Grader
A Wisconsin public school district is not liable for a 26-year-old female teacher's sexual abuse of an eighth-grade boy, the 7th Circuit ruled Monday. St. Francis School District teacher Kelly
Read More »Deaths in lawyer’s family delay sexual abuse trial of priest and teacher
Tuesday's scheduled start of jury selection in the trial of a former Philadelphia priest and a Catholic schoolteacher on charges they sexually abused a 10-year-old altar boy was postponed after deaths in the extended
Read More »AZ background check backlog has schools starting with substitutes
A number of Valley schools started the school year with several substitute teachers. CBS 5 News has learned that a number of districts were unable to get all their new teachers into the classroom on
Read More »Schools asked for answers after 2nd sex case
As the community learned in the case of Christopher Bacca -- the elementary school teacher in jail facing several sex charges involving a young child three years after allegations of similar abuse -- when
Read More »Anne Arundel County Schools begin background checks for new employees
School officials in Anne Arundel County have added a new policy to ensure student safety. Prospective employees must pass a criminal background check before they are hired
Read More »Primary school teacher cleared by a jury faces professional hearing over indecent assault allegations
A former primary school teacher indecently assaulted pupils over a seven-year period, a professional conduct committee heard yesterday. Nicholas John Lewis denies allegations of indecent assault and inappropriate behaviour at a Cardiff primary school and
Read More »Background chehck is essential on teachers, employees who work in school
Joshua Burke was a bus driver at Eastern Allamakee School District until December, when he was arrested on a charge of third-degree sexual abuse and lascivious acts with a child. Had the district reviewed a
Read More »Educator sexual misconduct: No. of incidents go up as monitoring improves
Statistics from the Arizona Board of Education show that the number of educators losing their teaching certificates over allegations of sexual misconduct are up from five years ago. Although sexual relationships or inappropriate touching with
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