[Salvation]

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.

[RegulatorCountry]

Sounds familiar, doesn’t it, Salvation?

[Albion Wilde]

The quotes you posted from the following article are excellent:

AP: Sexual misconduct plagues U.S. schools

The entire article is well worth anyone's time in reading. Although its shocking research conclusions were published in 2007, the nation seems to have pedaled backwards in understanding the vile impact of sexual crimes against children.... oh, wait, could it be because a vituperously anti-family, pro-gay Administration took over in 2008?