The U.S. Education Department has opened an investigation into the New York City Department of Education’s handling of sexual misconduct cases in its schools, the latest action by the Trump administration against the largest school system in the country.
The civil lawsuit a young woman recently filed against Cornell University and seven fraternity members, alleging sexual abuse two years ago, has jolted the nation.
The U.S. Department of Education released new data showing that approximately 1,100 allegations of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault were made against public school employees during the 2023-24 school year. The revelations come amid the department's ongoing efforts to protect women and children, with a focus on enforcing Title IX across the country.
74 Investigation: A law that opened a window for survivors to seek justice for past abuse also exposed how deeply schools enabled alleged predators.
School administrators immediately suspended a West Virginia high school principal, Eric James, Wednesday after officials reportedly discovered recording devices placed in multiple locker rooms.
A new round of lawsuits related to the alleged hidden-camera recordings of nude or semi-nude lifeguards and park aides has been filed in Orange County Superior Court — more than doubling the number of accusers pursuing civil litigation against a former high-level supervisor accused of placing the device and a state park department the staffers contend failed to protect them.
Police set up a sting operation to nab a suspected child sex predator known as “Ernie the Uber” after the accused creep arranged what he thought was a meetup with a 16-year-old boy.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Sunday her department is “cracking down” on K-12 teachers sexually harassing students. During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” McMahon criticized the practice of a school district reassigning a teacher accused of sexually harassing a student to another school.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon revealed Sunday that a terrifying study showed that as many as 10% of schoolchildren will be molested before completing high school.
NEW YORK (PIX11) — A former Manhattan middle school principal, Eric Cato, is accused of sexually abusing three students, including a 12-year-old girl, in a two-year span, authorities said.
Federal and state law enforcement leaders gathered in Dallas to announce a new initiative aimed at confronting what they call systemic failures in Texas public schools to report, investigate and prevent the abuse of children.
The Department of Education deserves credit for shining a national spotlight on a crisis that schools and regulators have often ignored: the sexual abuse of children in America’s classrooms.
The attorneys for two girls molested for years by their father are making a last-ditch effort to convince the Arizona Supreme Court it was wrong in holding the Mormon church immune from liability over what its bishops and others knew.
Lansing, Mich. (News 10) | A nationally prominent sexual abuse survivor advocate is calling on the Michigan Legislature to take action following the release of a new investigation documenting decades of release at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Northern Michigan. Implicates Jeffrey Epstein and dozens of others.
A Los Angeles-based high school soccer coach was arrested Tuesday, July 28, on suspicion of sexually assaulting an underage victim in Westminster. Michael Avila, 20, of Norwalk, was arrested on suspicion of molesting the victim in February in the 13500 block of Edward Street, according to Westminster police Cmdr. Andy Stowers.
A then-16-year-old female student was sexually assaulted in 2004 by a Sunny Hills High School music instructor who had promised to mentor her, according to a newly filed lawsuit by a high-profile Orange County victim's rights law firm against the Fullerton Joint Union High School District.
The daycare has since closed since allegations of sexual assault with a former worker facing charges. Now, families want to make sure this doesn’t happen anywhere else.
AVON, Conn. (WTNH) — Lawmakers are pushing for accountability after speaking with the families suing an Avon daycare facility, which is under fire for multiple sexual assault allegations.
Authorities on California's Central Coast said they are searching for additional victims after a pastor, Emmanuel Marchica of Hollister, was arrested on July 10 for alleged child sexual abuse.
EXCLUSIVE: A famed attorney who represents female athletes, including Simone Biles, in abuse cases, is the latest critic taking aim at San Jose State University (SJSU) and the California State University (CSU) system for its ongoing volleyball scandal with Todd Kress.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Friday launched a national K-12 initiative to crack down on sexual predators in schools.
The U.S. education secretary cited our finding that California has not revoked the credentials of at least 67 educators who school districts determined had sexually harassed students or committed other types of sexual misconduct.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today launched a national K-12 initiative to crack down on sexual predators in schools.
Officer Roberto Machuca was arrested June 27 and booked into the Orange County Jail, according to Garden Grove police. Investigators were notified of the allegations on June 26.
A former Fresno elementary school teacher, Aaron Butler, accused of molesting multiple young students was hit with damning testimony Thursday as two of his former students told a courtroom he allegedly made them sit on his lap before touching them inappropriately during class.
SANTA ANA – A former California State Parks Superintendent, Kevin Pearsall, 59, of Long Beach, has been charged with secretly filming nearly two dozen naked state lifeguards and other workers inside an employee locker room at the Bolsa Chica State Beach Lifeguard Headquarters in Huntington Beach and sending nude images of three different victims to two other men.
After Shawn Umland took a group of his students on a field trip to Florida, licensing regulators at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction started investigating him.
A San Rafael High School teacher was arrested Wednesday on allegations he arranged to meet a minor for sex.
Amber Swain, 35, was booked on first- and second-degree incest charges in Pend Oreille County
A ride home turned into a terror trip for two sisters who got into the wrong vehicle thinking it was an Uber — leading to the rape of one of the young women, San Francisco prosecutors said Friday.
In her five years of investigating teacher misconduct in California schools, reporter Holly McDede learned an important lesson: What seems to be secret isn't always so — sometimes you just need to know who to ask, and for what.
AVON, Conn. (WTNH) — Two additional arrest warrants are being reviewed by a judge against a now-former Avon daycare employee accused of sexually assaulting multiple children who were under his care.
A Riverside County teacher has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor, according to authorities.
A married Southern California teacher was arrested for allegedly having inappropriate sexual relations with her students — and police believe there may be even more victims.
LA teachers union representative Glenn Sacks appears to believe (“Teachers deserve presumption of innocence,” May 13) that he has all the answers for the ongoing problem of child sexual abuse in our schools. He blames the victims; he blames the US Department of Education; he blames everyone but the predators and the school administrators who cover up their crimes.
More lawsuits have been filed against a daycare in Avon where a former employee allegedly sexually assaulted several boys.
A California teacher was deemed “unfit to teach” after students reported him for touching them in ways that made them uncomfortable, including massaging their shoulders.
CBS News: Sean Gardner, a gymnastics coach who trained elite young girls, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of children in federal court in Mississippi on Monday. He could face 15 to 30 years in prison per count when he's sentenced in October.
A former daycare worker charged with sexually assaulting five boys at BrightPath daycare in Avon worked at several other locations in the state.
