Sex abuse: Who is teaching your children?
The AP is reporting that American teachers commit an abusive sexual act at a rate of nearly three times for every school day. Wow!
A seven-month investigation reveals that there were more than 2,500 cases during a five-year-period where educators were disciplined for sexual misconduct.
Of the 2,570 educators, young people were the victims in at least 1,801 of the cases. More than 80 percent of those were students.
This is a subject that I have dealt with extensively in Howard County. During a two-month-period last school year, I reported that three Howard County teachers were arrested for having inappropriate sexual contact with students. Their cases are currently making their way through the judiciary system.
There were also a slew of cases in the counties surrounding Baltimore.
What safeguards do schools need to take to ensure that abusive teachers are kept out of the classrooms?
Categories: Around the Nation, Howard County, School Safety (Or Lack Thereof)
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Wow, how does this compare to the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church? Why aren't we seeing more of an outcry against this shameful state of our schools? And finally, where are all the lawsuits against the guilty teachers and the school systems who hired them?
Posted by: Sue Keller | October 23, 2007 9:26 AM
Thanks for posting Sue,
According to the AP report, a review by America's Catholic bishops found that about 4,400 of 110,000 priests were accused of molesting minors from 1950 through 2002. The AP discovered that 2,570 educators had their teaching credentials revoked, denied, voluntarily surrendered or limited from 2001 through 2005 following allegations of sexual misconduct.
Those numbers speak volumes to me. Clearly there is a problem in American schools.
Posted by: John-John Williams IV | October 23, 2007 11:42 AM