Teacher Smackdown

UPDATE: To The Associated Press Investigates Sexual Misconduct in US Schools

The list of nationwide Associated Press stories on teacher sexual abuse of students grows:

Chicago - Illinois disciplines 25 teachers in 5-year period for sex offenses

Raleigh, NC - Changes in NC law increased reporting of teacher misconduct and For more than two decades, board attorney watched over teachers

Boston - 60 educators disciplined, more than a third for sexual misconduct

Indianapolis, IN - Indiana had dozens of teacher sexual misconduct cases in 5 years

Seattle - 125 WA teachers punished for sexual misconduct over 5 years

Augusta, Maine - Maine law bars details of why teachers decertified

Las Vegas - Nevada advocate works to expose teachers in sex cases

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Many newspapers across the country are covering the Associated Press’s investigation of sexual misconduct by U.S. school teachers. I have never seen such an extensive amount of articles on this one subject as the AP has asked writers to do stories with local angles. The stories are shocking and you see how victimized these kids are even if the teacher was blond, young and hot.

Also, the major findings by the AP will floor you:

1. A total of 2,570 educators nationwide were punished for sexual misconduct from 2001-2005. This number represents about 25 percent of all educator misconduct cases during that time period.

2. The total number of times an action was taken against a teacher’s license for sexual misconduct was 2,625 (more than 50 teachers lost licenses in more than one state). Licenses were revoked in 1,636 of the cases. They were surrendered in 440 cases, suspended in 376 cases, and denied in 108 cases. Other punishments were handed out in the remainder of the cases.

3. Students were clearly identified as victims in at least 1,467 of the sexual misconduct cases. The victim was a young person, a category including students, unidentified youths, family members and neighbors, in at least 1,801 of the cases.

4. Educators made physical contact in 72 percent of the cases in which the victims were youths. The remainder were cases that did not involve physical contact, including verbal sexual harassment and other offenses.

5. There were criminal convictions in at least 1,390, or 53 percent, of the cases. ONLY 53%! That is far too low.

6. Nearly nine out of 10 of the educators punished for sexual misconduct were male. So much for all the hoopla about the epidemic of female teachers having sex with their teenage (mostly) male students.

7. At least 446 of the cases that the AP investigated involved educators who had multiple victims. This means they were probably repeat offenders over a long period of time or at various schools.

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Louis William Conradt Jr.’s shot and killed himself when TV producers from NBC’s Predator show and police showed up at his door. Conradt Jr., 57, an assistant county prosecutor, had been engaging in a sexually explicit online chat with an adult posing as a 13-year-old boy.

Now his sister, Patricia Conradt, is suing NBC Universal Inc. for $105 million.

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If you’re a fan of NBC’s To Catch a Predator show, you’ve heard of the volunteer citizen’s group, Perverted Justice.

In their PeeJ Guide section, they have information on What Parents Can Do, as well as a Page to Read with Your Kids and a Page to Read with Your Teen.

Not only do these guides give parents good advice, they address kids on their level and tell them what to watch out for.

Perverted Justice just started a site for teens called How to Deal with Creepy People. Creator Del Harvey is an administrator and law enforcement liaison at Perverted Justice. She hopes the website will serve as a resource for teenagers on subjects like bullying, stalking and sexual harassment - both on and offline. Del says the site will contain accurate information, practical suggestions, and helpful advice.

I think teens will relate well to Del and her cohorts because they’re young and into cool things like tatoos and longboarding. And she’s right, a site like this is needed by a lot of kids to protect them from online predators and online bullying/harassment from classmates. Welcome to the information age, mom and dad.

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Last week, Fox’s Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld did a segment called “Don’t Arrest ‘Sex Teachers,’ Reward Them!” on attractive, young female teachers having sex with their teenage male students.

This is the first time I’ve ever seen Greg Gutfeld. My impression is that his show is sort of like “The Man Show” with politics - humor from a man’s point of view, totally un-PC, and completely offensive. But the guy is funny and he does point out what a lot of folks think - that as long as the teacher is fairly young and pretty, it’s o.k. because it’s the fantasy of every teenage boy.

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