Columbus Dispatch: 'The ABCs of Betrayal'

Comments: The Columbus Dispatch kicked off a four-day investigative series Oct. 14, 2007 on Ohio’s flawed system of disciplining and tracking teachers, coaches, aides, counselors and administrators. In “The ABCs of Betrayal,” the newspaper also made available on its Web site a searchable database of Ohio educators disciplined since 2000. The newspaper’s 10-month investigation found that a state and local discipline system allows educators in the classroom despite misconduct that includes theft, assault and abuse of children. Teachers' rights are often put first, districts don't always communicate with the state, and the Department of Education shields records of wrongdoing. Since 2000, Ohio disciplined 1,722 educators, with two-thirds of those sent back to their classrooms or allowed to take teaching jobs. Theft was the most common reason for discipline with 405 cases, followed by assault or disorderly conduct with 341 cases, sexual misconduct with 292, and drugs and alcohol with 179.

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