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A California high school educator once named “teacher of the year” was arrested for having sex with a 16-year-old student, according to police. Tracy Vanderhulst, a 38-year-old math teacher at Yucaipa High School, was charged with statutory rape on Thursday following an investigation into allegations that she had sexual intercourse with a minor, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. ... Vanderhulst was booked into Central Detention Center in San Bernardino. Her bail was set at $30,000, according to the sheriff’s department. ... Detectives said they believe there may be additional victims. ... The math teacher had previously been named...

A FORMER high school teacher who hosted sex parties for teenage boys - including a "bros' night" that featured a front-door sign urging them to get naked - has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The New York Post reports that Jared Anderson, who was honoured as Teacher of the Year at Judson High School in Texas just two months prior to his arrest in March 2016, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual performance by a child and two count of indecency with a child by exposure as part of a plea deal about one month ago, lawyer...

A woman who was named Essex County, N.J.’s “Teacher of the Year” in 2011 has been suspended from her job after being accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student. US West Orange High School teacher Erica DePalo, 33, of Montclair, was charged Friday with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

Keenon Aampay Hall, who was voted Teacher of the Year at in Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia, has resigned after admittedly having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old student. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that records show the 29-year old English came to her for help with his homework. An investigative file shows the student, who is a graduating senior and popular football player, said that Keenon Aampay Hall gave him gifts and pressured him to get her pregnant. When he initially turned down her advances, the student's family says Hall failed him, which prompted him to report...

The president signed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, honored the Teacher of the Year, addressed the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (assembled at the Ronald Reagan Building), and presented the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy to the Naval Academy. Secretary of State Rice continues her visit to Russia. Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island!

Tonight George Noory is interviewing John Taylor Gatto, once NYC Teacher of the Year, turned author History of Education in America and Dumbing Us Down. John Taylor Gatto has also been labelled "homeschooling guru" by many American homeschooling groups and families. From the Coast to Coast site: "Legendary teacher and reformer, John Taylor Gatto, looks at our classrooms and how they are evolving generations that may not contribute to a healthy society in the future." John Taylor GattoWFLA Live Streaming Audio Listen Here

The war on terror, the Middle East, teachers, and prevention of breast cancer occupied the President's public remarks today. The President spoke to the 2004 Newspaper Association of America annual convention in Washington; he "acknowledged difficulties in trying to head off another Sept. 11-type attack on the United States because America is a 'hard country to defend' and U.S. intelligence is never perfect," and said "a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an intolerable threat to peace and stability in the Middle East and a mortal danger to the state of Israel." He "rejected international condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon...