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High school teacher speaks out on learning problem affecting well-behaved pupils
AFTER one high school teacher from the state's southwest spoke out about the effect of unruly students on learning for all, Premier Campbell Newman has responded, saying suspending students is not the solution to
Read More »Teachers make deals after raping pupils
AT LEAST 20 sexual assault cases against teachers in the Umlazi education district in Durban are still pending, with the youngest victim being a six-year-old pupil. But in all these cases teachers have been
Read More »Ex-teacher busted in child-porn roundup
A New Mexico newspaper reporter and licensed educator arrested in a child-porn case held a dark fantasy and created images to back it up, federal authorities allege. Richard Dates, 67 is accused of being part
Read More »Duval schools rethinking teacher background checks
After two recent arrests of Duval County school teachers accused of sexually molesting children, School Board members are discussing changes in how new teachers are screened to better protect students
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 »Kaitaia school warned about sex teacher
A crackdown on schools has been ordered in the wake of a Northland school failing to act on police warnings its deputy principal was a sexual predator. James Parker, deputy principal of Pamapuria School, yesterday
Read More »Ex-teacher, 76, charged with sex assaults on boy 50 years ago
A 76-year-old former teacher will face court next week charged with molesting a student almost 50 years ago. NSW Police say the charges relate to alleged sexual assaults of a boy, then aged 12, between
Read More »Berks County Teacher Faces More Sexual Assault Charges Involving Student
State Attorney General Linda Kelly announces additional charges against a Berks County high school teacher involving the sexual assault of a juvenile student. The additional charges filed against 31 year old Jonathan
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