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To: tumblindice

Too often, problem teachers are allowed to leave quietly. That can mean future abuse for another student and another school district.

“They might deal with it internally, suspending the person or having the person move on. So their license is never investigated,” says Charol Shakeshaft, a leading expert in teacher sex abuse who heads the educational leadership department at Virginia Commonwealth University.

It’s a dynamic so common it has its own nicknames—“passing the trash” or the “mobile molester.”

Laws in several states require that even an allegation of sexual misconduct be reported to the state departments that oversee teacher licenses. But there’s no consistent enforcement, so such laws are easy to ignore.

School officials fear public embarrassment as much as the perpetrators do, Shakeshaft says. They want to avoid the fallout from going up against a popular teacher. They also don’t want to get sued by teachers or victims, and they don’t want to face a challenge from a strong union.



24 posted on 12/23/2010 9:10:25 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

Looks like you’ve given the topic a lot of thought. Very nice. But it is a red herring, so let’s get back on track:
When the Catholic church is prepared to pay for their 20+million new parishioners, then we’ll talk about protestant child molestation.
Merry X-mas!


27 posted on 12/23/2010 9:16:52 AM PST by tumblindice (Out with Lugar, in with Pence)
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