Teacher Verification – background checks

Criminal background check prevents to keep sex offenders from working in school

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By Nick Anderson Among the 15 cases the Government Accountability Office reviewed was that of former Manassas teacher Kevin Ricks, who pleaded guilty this year to abusing a male student and faces other sex and

Background Checks on Teachers: Why it is Important

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Our children are probably the people we love most. These precious little ones surely give us a reason to see life in a beautiful and positive way. This is why we do everything we

Schools Need Background Checks on Volunteers and Contractors, Not Just Teachers

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While the vast majority of schools currently run background checks on teachers, they aren’t the only people who work closely – in some cases, too closely – with students. The following two cases from

Child rapist teacher gets 10 year

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CHILD rapist school teacher Gerard Vincent Byrnes may spend just six more years in jail for the repeated rape and molestation of his students at a Toowoomba Catholic primary school. Byrnes, 61, appeared in the

Sex abuse in schools: Prosecutors say manipulation often begins with a text or email

teacherverification February 14, 2012 0

In the past three years, 23 teachers, coaches and school officials in North Jersey have been charged with or convicted of sex crimes against children. Three have been arrested this month alone. In the last