For the eighth consecutive year, Texas educator-student sexual misconduct cases soared, hitting an all time high of 222 investigations opened by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in the 2015-16 school year. However, one education expert says this reflects deeper societal issues and he spoke with Breitbart Texas about some of the ways to curb the rampant problem.
Texas public and charter school students barely got settled into their new classrooms Monday when three new cases of teacher-student sexual misconduct emerged.
The 24-year-old Texas teacher best known for allegedly getting pregnant by her 13-year-old student was back in court Wednesday for violating a condition of her bond agreement. Prosecutors pointed out it was not her first violation and asked the judge to revoke her bond. Instead, he decided to allow her to remain free on a so-called “zero tolerance” policy.
Incidents of Texas educators accused of sexual misconduct with students and other related inappropriate behaviors continue to trickle in over these final weeks of summer vacation.
A former Texas elementary school teacher pleaded guilty on two counts of federal child pornography charges Thursday. In a case that began almost a year ago, authorities seized evidence of wrongdoing on a laptop in the suspect’s apartment.
A North Texas teacher, accused of impregnating his 15-year-old student, surrendered to authorities Friday. This marks another improper teacher-student relationship that resulted in pregnancy recently amid the state’s skyrocketing number of sexual misconduct cases filed this year.
The number of Texas teachers charged with sexual misconduct continues to escalate even while school is out for summer vacation. June brought more allegations of educators engaging in this disturbing behavior that violates the trust placed in them to protect the state’s school children.
A former Texas high school teacher faces one count of sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony, for allegedly performing sexual acts on a 16-year-old female student.
A Texas high school tutor is facing a charge of possession of child pornography after exchanging lewd selfies with a minor while sending role-playing “Batman and Robin” sexting messages.
Authorities arrested an award-winning Texas middle school teacher who stands accused of fondling and kissing a 12-year-old female student.
Disturbing details emerged about the Texas middle school principal charged with soliciting a minor online. The principal purportedly texted sexually explicit messages to an 11-year-old female relative, a cousin, asking if he could sleep in her bed. He also reportedly asked if she wanted to learn what a man’s “thing” looked like.
Families at one Texas middle school were shocked to learn their principal was arrested for the alleged online solicitation of a minor. The news saddened a community where students looked up to their school’s top administrator.
A federal judge ordered a seventh grade Texas teacher charged with the receipt, distribution, and possession of child pornography to remain in custody without bail while he awaits his trial next month amid details emerging about the suspect’s criminal history.
A former Texas teacher sentenced by a jury last week to serve 110 years in prison for sexual misconduct with two teenage high school students headed back to court to face a judge’s final decision on his fate.
A West Texas court sentenced a former high school teacher to 110 years in prison for sexual misconduct with two students. The teacher received a clear message after he pleaded guilty to nine counts of sexual misconduct. One of the students was a minor that he entered into a dominance-submissive contract.
The troubling trend of sexual misconduct with underage students or similar improper activities with minors continues to plague Texas educators in a month filled with allegations, accusations, charges, and plea deals from around the state. This has caused further eroding of the trust parents place in public schools to protect their children.
The Collin County District Attorney’s Office dismissed felony charges against a Texas high school teacher accused of sexual misconduct with an underage female student after a grand jury failed to return an indictment. Even though jurors decided not to indict on Friday, March 18, the former government and economics teacher will likely never teach again.
San Antonio, Texas, police officers arrested a local high school teacher and church group leader Wednesday. He is accused of hosting sex parties with teenage boys in his home and it appears his neighbors never even knew.
February signals the mid-point of the school year and, in Texas, that halfway mark is marred by allegations of teachers who allegedly cross the line and engage in sexual misconduct with underage students, violating the trust placed in them to protect the state’s public school children.
Texas scored a grade of “B” in USA Today’s year-long investigation exposing how states fared in tracking teacher misconduct. The states were graded on conducting teacher background checks, maintaining discipline tracking systems, and sharing information to prevent problematic educators from returning to classrooms if they crossed state lines.
A former Texas high school teacher faces child sex trafficking charges in connection with a 15-year-old homeless girl who was working as a prostitute. The former teacher purportedly paid her to sexually role play with him.
Former Texas teacher Tanya Ramirez, 31, pleaded guilty to the second degree felony charge of having an improper relationship with a student in exchange for seven years of probation. Ramirez then turned around and filed a defamation lawsuit against the mother of the student with whom she admitted to the purported sexual misconduct. Ramirez may even sue the student for invasion of privacy.
The new year opened not all that differently than 2015 closed, marred by accusations of Texas teachers who crossed the line to engage in improper sexual misconduct with their students. The unfortunate trend means this shocking behavior continues to violate the trust placed in educators to protect pre-K to 12th grade public school children.
Texas lawmakers held a hearing this week on the rampant number of educators who cross the line and engage in improper sexual relationships with their students. The abhorrent conduct violates the trust placed in them to protect pre-K to 12th grade school children.
An East Texas teacher was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday for inappropriate sexual relations with three high school students. The state’s latest educator brought to justice after being found guilty of this type of crime.
The 2014-15 academic year marks the 7th year in a row that Texas teacher sexual misconduct towards students cases have increased. On Friday, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) reported that they opened 188 cases of educator accused of these inappropriate relationships during the fiscal year ending August 31.
