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South Dakota became the first state to enact a law explicitly authorizing school employees to carry guns on the job. Several other states already have provisions in their laws — or no legal restrictions — that make it possible for teachers to possess guns in the classroom. In fact, a...
An elementary school principal claimed that a first grader violated the school’s sexual harassment policy. The boy’s crime? He was sitting behind a female classmate on the floor and put his fingers inside the waistband of her pants and touched her skin. He was accused of sexually harassing a classmate...
Wherever there are public and private schools and organizations that provide activities for children, there are stories about school sexual harassment and abuse. In West Virginia, a fifth-grade teacher started a “sex club” with some of her students. She brought them to her home to “teach” them, by demonstration, about...
School Negligence Lawsuits and Appropriate Supervision of Children Many of the school negligence lawsuits for which Education Management Consulting, LLC, provides consultation and expert witness testimony involve the question of whether a school or agency provided appropriate supervision of children when someone under its care was injured. The question asked by...
Recently another child didn’t make it home at the end of the school day. This time, it was because a substitute teacher at Bryant Elementary School in Philadelphia handed over a 5-year-old to an adult whom school personnel didn’t properly screen. Posing as the girl’s mother, a woman walked into the...
The return of students to Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., reminds us that a safe school is one where students can learn and teachers can teach in an environment free of threats, intimidation, violence, and fear. Children and parents should never have to experience the pain they endured...
Children and parents should never have to experience the pain and suffering that was brought down on them in Newtown, Connecticut. What went wrong? By all accounts, Sandy Hook Elementary School had appropriate safety measures in place. Doors were locked when class started. There was a system to check visitors before...
Those of us who are passionate about child safety have a vision. It’s a vision we share with concerned parents, educators, and especially the kids whom schools and other agencies that supervise children, such as daycare centers or community youth organizations, have a responsibility to protect. It’s a vision where our...
As an education expert witness who has testified on numerous of sexual abuse cases in schools, I was not shocked by the Associated Press report of the 14,000-page Boy Scout “perversion list” released on October 18 by the Oregon Supreme Court. The AP reported that authorities justified shielding scoutmasters and...
Former Penn State Assistant Football Coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced this week to 30 to 60 years in prison. The sentence essentially guaranteed that the 68-year-old Sandusky would die in prison. Sandusky, the jury determined, had abused 10 boys — all of them from disadvantaged homes. Sandusky used his connections to...
I was excited and filled with hope when I landed a job as the superintendent of a small suburban school district. My ideal, if not naïve, attitude set my compass squarely on creating a climate in the school — one where the teachers, even those whom in my opinion not...