“Problem Teacher” List Made Public
by Jeff Davis
Ever heard of the list of registered sex offenders? Well, now we’ve got a new list to worry about, the list of “problem teachers.” 25 percent of these bad teachers made the list because of sexual misconduct. The Problem Teacher List includes criminal, predatory and other unprofessional behavior.
Breitbart reports: “A confidential, nationwide list of 24,500 teachers who have been punished for a wide array of offenses was made available to the public by a Florida newspaper. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune created a searchable database of the teachers’ names after waiting for years to gain access to the list. The paper began seeking the material as part of its earlier reporting on teacher sexual misconduct in Florida. It obtained the list from the Florida Department of Education. The list, gathered and maintained by the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification, does not provide any information on why any of the teachers were disciplined. Sexual misconduct, financial misconduct, criminal convictions and other misbehavior all can bring disciplinary actions against teacher licenses.”
Breitbart notes “(An) investigation earlier this year sought five years of state disciplinary actions against teachers and the reasons behind them. In the years the AP studied, 2001 to 2005, roughly one-quarter of all disciplinary actions against teachers involved sexual misconduct. The AP’s seven-month investigation found 2,570 educators whose teaching credentials were revoked, denied, surrendered or sanctioned following allegations of sexual misconduct.” (more…)