Teacher Misconduct Project: Dossiers on 24,600+ (Allegedly) Miscreant Educators

  1. Welcome!

    Raw items from the RSS news fees -- hot off the press -- are only accessible to registered users.

    1. Introduction, Comments & Feedback

      Welcome to the world of educators who misbehave ... and yes, they are teaching your children!
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      Latest: Do people have the right to be forgotten? Gina Kessee, Dec 31, 2024
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  2. Sexual Abuse of Students

    1. Cougars

      Female educators accused of sexual misconduct involving children
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      Latest: Caitlin Harding, Hudson, Massachusetts (indicted Mar 2021) [repeated rape of girl, 13] News Readers, Jun 21, 2024
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    2. Tomcats

      Male educators accused of sexual misconduct involving children
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      Latest: Donnie Merle Martin, Sulphur Springs, Texas (arrested Nov 2012) Thetruth, Jul 27, 2024
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  3. Other Escapades

    1. Hanky Panky

      Other teacher sex stories in the news
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      Latest: Kenneth Ford Hamilton Jr., Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (arrested Dec 2013) [child porn] Clark Clifford, May 23, 2023
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    2. Other Improper Behaviors

      Drugs, alcohol, battery, etc.
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      Latest: Virginia Vertetis, Morristown, New Jersey (arrested Mar 2014) [murder of retired cop] News Readers, Jun 6, 2024
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  4. Study Abroad

    Teachers in trouble elsewhere

    1. English-Speaking Countries and Europe

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      Latest: Ryan Turgeon, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (arrested May 2021) [child luring, sexting] News Readers, Apr 13, 2024
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    2. Asia, Middle East, Africa, Latin America

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      Latest: not named, Rietgat, Brits North West, South Africa (busted May 2021) [stabbed another teacher] News Readers, May 4, 2021
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  5. Mandatory Reporting Successes

    1. Saved by a Teacher

      Celebrating the success of Mandatory Reporting laws!
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      Latest: Iowa: Cedar Rapids man accused of sexually abusing 10-year-old News Readers, Jul 2, 2024
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  6. Incoming

    1. News Feeds for Arrested Teacher Reports

      Threads with preliminary triage done, not in final form.
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      News Feeds for Arrested Teacher Reports

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      1. Stickied Threads

      2. Australia

      3. Canada

      4. India / Named

      5. India / Unnamed

      6. New Zealand

      7. Nepal

      8. Nigeria

      9. Pakistan

      10. South Africa

      11. Swaziland

      12. Uganda

      13. United Kingdom

      14. Zambia

      Latest: Married teacher's sick 'memoir' to teen in full as she says 'you cheated on me' News Readers, Apr 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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    2. Daily Arrest Blotters (No Longer Updated)

      These are older daily logs of arrested teacher reports through 27 March 2014, when we changed to using RSS news feeds as input.
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      Daily Arrest Blotters (No Longer Updated)

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      1. 2011 Daily Arrest Blotters (Archive)

      2. 2012 Daily Arrest Blotters (Archive)

      Latest: Arrested Teachers in the News 27 Mar 2014 (Thursday) TMP, Mar 27, 2014
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  7. Other Major Databases

    1. Oregon Educator Disciplinary Records

      Original PDF files & OCR conversions of the final orders in over 1,500 disciplinary actions regarding Oregon educators

    2. UK Database for "Crimes against Kids"

      "... profiled the offences of over 67,000 ‘convicted’ UK & Irish child abusers."

    3. Aussie (Australian) Sex Offenders

      "We Publicly Name and Shame Convicted Sex Offenders living in Australia for our own protection"

  8. Other (Non-Educator) Interesting Misconduct

    Other misbehavior that arrives with the news feeds

    1. Police, Jailers, Prison Guards, Firefighters, etc.

      Holding pen for police (& related occupations: jailers, prison guards, prosecutors, social workers) misconduct threads
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      Messages:
      2,754
      Latest: Pleasant View, Colorado: Jefferson Co. paramedic Dorsey Guffey charged with unlawful sexual contact News Readers, Jul 11, 2024
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    2. Medical (Doctors, Nurses, Dentists) Misconduct

      Misconduct on the part of medical staff (nurses, doctors, etc.)
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      Latest: Drunk driver Daniel Christopher Hyden in NYC wreck that killed 3 is substance abuse counselor News Readers, Jul 5, 2024
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    3. Legal (Judges, Lawyers) Misconduct

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      Messages:
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      Latest: Texas: Bankruptcy judge accused of helping attorney girlfriend land cases News Readers, Jun 20, 2024
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  9. On the Internet

    Links That I've Saved

    1. Articles

      Other articles that might be of interest
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      Articles

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      Latest: Auckland, New Zealand - Language teachers say: injusto TMP, Mar 15, 2025
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    2. Lists

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    3. Resources

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    4. Sites

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