Yes this is a problem that is getting media attention. But the epidemic is married women having sex with teenagers. I know of two couples that split up over this. Teacher or not, for some reason married women in general are going crazy. What gives?
Perhaps that is the image that the MSM wants to portray, in much the same way as they go on the attack against anyone else that represents what is good in our culture. Make a huge issue about homeschooled kids with abusive parents, particularly if they have strong religious beliefs, to prove the "evil" of homeschooling. Keep pedophile priests front and center to "prove" that the church is deserving of scorn, and so on.