Predators in the Classroom “Teacher charged with molesting student.” The headline appalls us, yet it somehow fails to shock. We seem to be seeing this sort of story a lot lately. In May, the Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to pay $88 million to settle sexual misconduct claims filed on behalf of 30 students, involving two elementary-school teachers.According to the Los Angeles Times,court documents filed by the plaintiffs’ lawyers allege that the district didn’t follow up on warnings from school staff that one teacher was placing children in his lap and later allowed him to continue teaching for six weeks after parents complained ... Continue reading... http://www.wsj.com/articles/predators-in-the-classroom-1475872085
