At least 67 schoolteachers in California have kept their teaching licenses after school districts determined that they engaged in sexual misconduct with students over the last several years, according to reporting by Holly McDede and Mollie Simon for KQED and ProPublica, with support from the Fund. At least 14 of those teachers were hired by other schools. Weeks after the investigation was published, a teacher highlighted in the story was removed from his job by the school district where he was working, and that school district vowed to make changes in its hiring practices. Meanwhile, a state senator vowed to pursue legislative reforms.
Grantee uncovers how schoolteachers who engaged in sexual misconduct with students move to new schools; reporting prompts change
