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Va. teacher charged with being drunk at school
A Loudon County substitute teacher has been charged with public drunkenness after, school district officials said, she arrived drunk for the first day of school. Jacqueline J. Barnes, 50, was a substitute assistant teacher in
Read More »Teacher pleads guilty on sex-abuse counts
A Melbourne teacher has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a female student. Daphney Louise Matthews, 39, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court to five sex charges involving a child under the age of
Read More »Our view: When a child is sexually assaulted
Last week, a Lowndes County jury found Columbus businessman Benny Shelton guilty of sexual assault of a minor. The details of the case are -- quite naturally -- disturbing. And so was the conduct
Read More »Former Houston County Teacher Charged with Sexual Assault
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A former Houston County school teacher is officially out of a job following allegations that he had sex with a student. On Monday night, the Colquitt County Board of Education
Read More »Parents Blame School for Sexual Assault
NEW ORLEANS (CN) - Parents claim in court that their 14-year-old autistic son was sexually assaulted in a public school bathroom by a 20-year-old handicapped student. Parents T.S. and C.S.
Read More »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
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