'Nightline' Focuses On a Lingering Problem: Teacher Sexual Predators ABC News “Nightline” devoted its entire half hour the other night to a report it called “Passing the Trash,” which anchorman Dan Harris described as “the problem of school administrators unloading problematic teachers onto other schools by hiding allegations of sexual misconduct. Sometimes even providing recommendations, and then looking the other way.” It’s not a new story. Education Week reported on the issue extensively in an award-winning series, “A Trust Betrayed,” in 1998 and 2003. But that’s not meant as a criticism of “Nightline.” Sadly, the problem persists, with a small minority of teachers and other school employees victimizing students, ... Continue reading... http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/educ...ngering_problem_teacher_sexual_predators.html
