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Teacher Caught On Camera Abusing Student Reassigned, Not Fired
The notion of so-called rubber rooms, areas for disciplined teachers to congregate and collect their full salary for lapses in judgment that would mean instant dismissal for private-sector employees, has outraged conservatives for years.
Read More »Ex-Boston teaching aide sentenced for sexual abuse
A former Boston teacher's aide has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of two special needs students in different schools last year. The Suffolk District Attorney's office said 34-year-old LaShawn Hill pleaded guilty Tuesday to
Read More »Caught on Camera: Teachers drag student
A Santa Fe, New Mexico elementary school teacher is on administrative leave thanks to surveillance video that shows her dragging a 6-year-old student on his back down the hallway inside Gonzales Community School. In the
Read More »Teacher in porn, molestation case enters plea
A Chula Vista elementary school teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to 20 felony charges, including child molestation involving one of his former students and possession of child pornography.
Read More »French teacher suspended over ‘suicide assignment’
A teacher in France has been suspended after allegedly asking pupils to write an essay from the viewpoint of a suicidal teenager, officials say. The pupils, aged between 13 and 14, were told to imagine
Read More »Boy dies after being beaten up by teacher in UP
In a case of brutal corporal punishment, a 10-year-old boy died allegedly after being beaten up by his teacher in Bilsahaiganj area in the district. Sajid, a Class V student at Lakhi Public School in
Read More »Sex pest teachers
THIS year alone 70 teachers were investigated for sexual misconduct against pupils by the South African Council of Educators (SACE). Since April, the council has deregistered 12 teachers from the profession. SACE spokesman Themba Ndhlovu said
Read More »Paedophile teacher Bernard Haunch sentenced to life for historic sex attacks
A paedophile teacher who raped an 11-year-old girl on a church floor in the 70s has been jailed for a string of historic sex offences. Pervert Bernard Haunch, of Marlins Close in Sutton, now 72,
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