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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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Jeffrey Sears, teacher and coach, pleads guilty to having sex with Glen Burnie students

Jeffrey Sears, teacher and coach, pleads guilty to having sex with Glen Burnie students

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A Maryland teacher pleaded guilty today after having sex with three teenagers. Jeffrey Sears appeared in the Anne Arundel County Courthouse today to enter the plea, admitting that he used his positions as teacher and

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Nigeria: Drama After Bauchi Exposes 5,000 Unqualified Teachers

Nigeria: Drama After Bauchi Exposes 5,000 Unqualified Teachers

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Bauchi State is rated poorly in the delivery of quality education due to the recruitment of thousands of unqualified teachers to teach in its primary schools. It was this situation that forced the state's primary

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Accused teacher allowed to teach only if aide was present

Accused teacher allowed to teach only if aide was present

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Milford ISD Band Director William Trussell was charged in early April with sexual assault of a child. When the charges were made public, at least one father in Milford was not surprised. "I just know

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Teacher ‘abused boys in his care’

Teacher ‘abused boys in his care’

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THE trial has begun of a former leading light in a Burton charitable organisation accused of ‘systematic abuse’ of four boys in the 1970s and 80s. Peter Merrick, of Burton Road, Overseal, faces a total

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Loophole allowed former teacher to evade law

Loophole allowed former teacher to evade law

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A former teacher accused of using fraudulent information to become employed as a teacher and color guard instructor at three local Wichita Falls schools — and who was employed briefly at a fourth in

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