Teachers union's lapse protects perverts
WAYNE LAUGESEN COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE EXCERPT:
2011-07-08 17:13:27
The pretense is gone. The Colorado Education Association puts the interests of students beneath the interests of its dues-paying members.
Those who doubt this hypothesis should consider the union’s level of concern about students who are raped and molested by teachers.
We could list recent stories of teachers having sex with students, but that might under-represent the trend. To grasp the problem, try this. Get on Google and search “teacher sex student .” Or go to the search field on gazette .com or any other media website, and use search phrases that contain the words “teacher,” “sex,” and “student.” Also try “coach ” along with “sex” and “student.” Try a search that limits results to Colorado Springs, or any other city.
The result, as it was for The Gazette’s editorial board, will be discouraging lists of teachers suspected or convicted of having sex with students. It has become a routine local story throughout the United States, and it is a crisis that dwarfs even the sex scandal of the Catholic church. A congressional study has confirmed the crisis, an investigative series by the Associated Press has exposed it, and an array of other surveys have confirmed what seems obvious. It is beyond dispute that we have a sex-assault crisis involving public school teachers and coaches who molest children.
Let us be clear. The vast majority of public school employees are honorable professionals who are underpaid for some of the most important work in society. We must be careful to avoid letting a small percentage of pedophiles and perverts mangle the reputations of others. Yet we must also recognize how this profession attracts sexual deviants, who work alongside true professionals, because it gives them easy access to kids.
Given the frequency with which students are molested, raped and groped in schools, it is common sense to demand that school districts employ reasonable measures to protect our kids from predators. This is in the best interests of children and the reputation of the teaching field. Teachers who are not perverts have the most to lose when predators infiltrate their ranks.
Recognizing this, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted rules in April that require school officials to notify parents when a school employee is charged with any felony. They must notify parents of misdemeanor charges involving sexual assault, child abuse or indecent exposure.
So leave it to the Colorado Education Association — our state’s largest teachers union — to protect the interests of predators against this reasonable security measure that favors children. The association wants a judge to toss the requirement, arguing that an arrest merely represents an accusation of wrongdoing.
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I see their point, I could agree, but, then I would be grievously wrong as well.
WAYNE LAUGESEN COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE EXCERPT:
2011-07-08 17:13:27
The pretense is gone. The Colorado Education Association puts the interests of students beneath the interests of its dues-paying members.
Those who doubt this hypothesis should consider the union’s level of concern about students who are raped and molested by teachers.
We could list recent stories of teachers having sex with students, but that might under-represent the trend. To grasp the problem, try this. Get on Google and search “teacher sex student .” Or go to the search field on gazette .com or any other media website, and use search phrases that contain the words “teacher,” “sex,” and “student.” Also try “coach ” along with “sex” and “student.” Try a search that limits results to Colorado Springs, or any other city.
The result, as it was for The Gazette’s editorial board, will be discouraging lists of teachers suspected or convicted of having sex with students. It has become a routine local story throughout the United States, and it is a crisis that dwarfs even the sex scandal of the Catholic church. A congressional study has confirmed the crisis, an investigative series by the Associated Press has exposed it, and an array of other surveys have confirmed what seems obvious. It is beyond dispute that we have a sex-assault crisis involving public school teachers and coaches who molest children.
Let us be clear. The vast majority of public school employees are honorable professionals who are underpaid for some of the most important work in society. We must be careful to avoid letting a small percentage of pedophiles and perverts mangle the reputations of others. Yet we must also recognize how this profession attracts sexual deviants, who work alongside true professionals, because it gives them easy access to kids.
Given the frequency with which students are molested, raped and groped in schools, it is common sense to demand that school districts employ reasonable measures to protect our kids from predators. This is in the best interests of children and the reputation of the teaching field. Teachers who are not perverts have the most to lose when predators infiltrate their ranks.
Recognizing this, the Colorado State Board of Education adopted rules in April that require school officials to notify parents when a school employee is charged with any felony. They must notify parents of misdemeanor charges involving sexual assault, child abuse or indecent exposure.
So leave it to the Colorado Education Association — our state’s largest teachers union — to protect the interests of predators against this reasonable security measure that favors children. The association wants a judge to toss the requirement, arguing that an arrest merely represents an accusation of wrongdoing.
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I see their point, I could agree, but, then I would be grievously wrong as well.
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