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19 child sex charges filed against ex-Steamboat teacher, pastor

19 child sex charges filed against ex-Steamboat teacher, pastor

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A former Steamboat Springs private school teacher and pastor has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting one or more children in Routt County. John Holland Brothers Jr., 43, was booked into Routt County Jail

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Scores of British and Australian Schools Benefit from Tradewind Recruitment’s Enhanced Criminal Records Check

Scores of British and Australian Schools Benefit from Tradewind Recruitment’s Enhanced Criminal Records Check

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With the Criminal Bureau Records’ recent shocking revelation of over 4,000 teaching applicants carrying a barrage of criminal records, Tradewind Recruitment’s stringent recruitment process and its 100 percent score in the latest Department for

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Teacher fired from substitute service after charges

Teacher fired from substitute service after charges

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A service that provides substitute teachers to school districts in Michigan and Indiana has fired a teacher charged with sex crimes in Saranac. Krag Sanford, 59, was arrested last week on two felony counts of

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When background checks miss the mark

When background checks miss the mark

teacherverification April 17, 2012 0

The teacher arrived with excellent credentials and more than 20 years of experience in the classroom when he accepted a position last year at a private school in Menlo Park. What the school didn't know

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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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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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Teacher’s arrest shocks students and parents

Teacher’s arrest shocks students and parents

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Foothill High School students and parents say they are in shock and angry after learning a teacher there allegedly molested a child. Foothill’s band director, 34-year-old Luke Youngs, was arrested last week on

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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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