Social media increases sexual misconduct by teachers

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    Social media increases sexual misconduct by teachers

    Sexual misconduct among teachers across the nation’s schools are on the rise and experts blame social media for the increase. For most of 2014, Terry Abbott, the former chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Education, tracked reports of sexual misconduct and found an alarming trend. Teacher sexual misconduct is higher than it’s ever been and 35 percent of those cases involved social media. A report mandated by Congress estimated 10 percent of public school students — or 4.5 million — are involved in some form of sexual misconduct with teachers, including verbal harassment sexual in nature. Abbott told ...


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