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Teacher breaks student’s arm
A teacher broke the arm of a student at a private school here on Tuesday.
Read More »Offer to screen for school paedophiles
Paedophiles are good liars. And extremely manipulative. So how do organisations like Big Buddy, which matches men with fatherless boys, make sure the mentors they use will do no harm? Big Buddy chief executive Richard Aston
Read More »3 NJ teachers accused of sexual contact with students; 2 administrators charged with cover-up
Three teachers and two administrators at a New Jersey high school were arrested Thursday on charges stemming from allegations that the teachers had sexual relationships with students and that administrators covered it up. Each of
Read More »Former Perth Amboy teacher sentenced to 20 years in sex assault case
A former Perth Amboy middle school teacher was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a female student over a five-year period, beginning when the girl was 13.
Read More »Teacher hiring process, already stringent, unlikely to change
The arrest of a Harlem Middle School teacher on charges she had sex with a female basketball player while serving as a coach in Belvidere is unlikely to spark a significant change in teacher
Read More »Predator teacher ‘flagged’ in 1999
A Northland deputy principal who has admitted sexually abusing pupils was flagged as a potential predator in 1999 as a student teacher but signed off as suitable anyway. Despite a further warning in 2009 -
Read More »Ex-teacher gets prison for sex abuse of girl
A former Johnstown schoolteacher was sentenced Wednesday by Judge David Tulowitzki to 71⁄2 to 15 years in state prison for sexually abusing a young girl who was not one of his students but was
Read More »Former Maui teacher takes plea deal in student sex assault case
A former Maui band instructor accused of sexually assaulting a former student has reached a plea agreement. Maui prosecutors say Jim Alan Balicanta of Wailuku agreed to serve a 20-year prison term when he is
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