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This article makes no sense whatsoever. As a teacher in Virginia, I can tell you that every teacher, every assistant, every bus driver, every substitute, and even parent volunteers must go through a background check. Not to mention that as a teacher I have power to hire or fire or to even give a recomendation.

I have no doubt there are pedophiles in the school system. I also have no doubt there are pedophiles in churches, nurseries, pre-schools, gym, sport clubs, day camps, summer camps, tutors, after school care - where ever there are kids, there will be people that want to prey on them. This article exists only to inflame, not to give useful information or even reliable information.

I also have no doubt there are pedophiles in churches, nurseries, pre-schools, gym, sport clubs, day camps, summer camps, tutors, after school care -

Those are not publicly funded for the most part are they? Different standard... What threshold do you expect when an applicant checks "yes" for child abuser and is still hired? NEA cover-up IMHO.