ABC's of Betrayal Part IV

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Oct 17, 2007 - The Columbus Dispatch continues their excellent series called, The ABC's of Betrayal, on teacher abuse in Ohio.

See Felons keep right to teach
- The head of the state's Office of Professional Conduct said it would be rare and "an anomaly" until the reporters gave him a list of 20 educators who escaped detection by the Ohio Department of Education after being charged with or convicted of serious crimes against children.

See Some schools keep records private
-Private-school personnel records are shielded by law from the public -- even from the state Education Department, which licenses teachers, coaches and administrators at most of Ohio's private schools.

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See The Hot Issue: Should the state have the same access to private school records about educators as those in public schools?
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See State Database of Disciplined Teachers
See Teacher discipline by district

See Legislature may step in