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Most of the abuse never gets reported. Those cases reported often end with no action. Cases investigated sometimes can't be proven, and many abusers have several victims.
And no one - not the schools, not the courts, not the state or federal governments - has found a surefire way to keep molesting teachers out of classrooms.
In fact sometimes the public schools enable the sexual misconduct.
The AP discovered efforts to stop individual offenders but, overall, a deeply entrenched resistance toward recognizing and fighting abuse. It starts in school hallways, where fellow teachers look away or feel powerless to help. School administrators make behind-the-scenes deals to avoid lawsuits and other trouble. And in state capitals and Congress, lawmakers shy from tough state punishments or any cohesive national policy for fear of disparaging a vital profession.
That only enables rogue teachers, and puts kids who aren't likely to be believed in a tough spot.
- No Way To Keep Predators From Moving From School To School
A disturbing facet of the teacher sexual misconduct reported in the series is that there often is no way to keep predators from moving from school to school. And, victims of the predators are often not believed when reporting abuse. ...
- Mr Bounds Could You Scrutinize Public School Teachers Please?
A former Ocean Springs school teacher received a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with two of his students. Doug Alan Lundy, 35, who taught history at Ocean Springs High School, was sentenced to six years in prison,...
- Homeschooling In Mississippi
"Where Mississippi is normally at the bottom of everything in the United States, as far as home-school regulations, they are the best state to home school. You have free rein to teach your children what you feel like they need to learn," Sims said. "Mississippi...
- Bounds Bad News For Mississippi
I have always been thankful it is so easy to homeschool in Mississippi. You just register your child as homeschooled with the school attendance officer for your school district. So Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds' threats to scrutinize homeschooling...
- Public Education Is Inherently Destructive
One of the big problems with the public school system is that the schools are not accountable to the parents. Parents have their children's best interest at heart; unfortunately public schools often do not. Public education is inherently destructive....
Animals
An overlooked blight on our education system.
Most of the abuse never gets reported. Those cases reported often end with no action. Cases investigated sometimes can't be proven, and many abusers have several victims.
And no one - not the schools, not the courts, not the state or federal governments - has found a surefire way to keep molesting teachers out of classrooms.
In fact sometimes the public schools enable the sexual misconduct.
The AP discovered efforts to stop individual offenders but, overall, a deeply entrenched resistance toward recognizing and fighting abuse. It starts in school hallways, where fellow teachers look away or feel powerless to help. School administrators make behind-the-scenes deals to avoid lawsuits and other trouble. And in state capitals and Congress, lawmakers shy from tough state punishments or any cohesive national policy for fear of disparaging a vital profession.
That only enables rogue teachers, and puts kids who aren't likely to be believed in a tough spot.
- No Way To Keep Predators From Moving From School To School
A disturbing facet of the teacher sexual misconduct reported in the series is that there often is no way to keep predators from moving from school to school. And, victims of the predators are often not believed when reporting abuse. ...
- Mr Bounds Could You Scrutinize Public School Teachers Please?
A former Ocean Springs school teacher received a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct with two of his students. Doug Alan Lundy, 35, who taught history at Ocean Springs High School, was sentenced to six years in prison,...
- Homeschooling In Mississippi
"Where Mississippi is normally at the bottom of everything in the United States, as far as home-school regulations, they are the best state to home school. You have free rein to teach your children what you feel like they need to learn," Sims said. "Mississippi...
- Bounds Bad News For Mississippi
I have always been thankful it is so easy to homeschool in Mississippi. You just register your child as homeschooled with the school attendance officer for your school district. So Superintendent of Education Hank Bounds' threats to scrutinize homeschooling...
- Public Education Is Inherently Destructive
One of the big problems with the public school system is that the schools are not accountable to the parents. Parents have their children's best interest at heart; unfortunately public schools often do not. Public education is inherently destructive....