Following is an excerpt from a piece by Gloria Seidule and Daniel Pollack, originally published in the February 2018 issue of Policy & Practice
Too many schools are failing in their
responsibility to keep children safe
from sexual abuse. The doctrine of
in loco parentis demands that schools
assume the responsibility of the parent
to keep a child safe at school. Often,
instead of protecting children, schools
have been covering up sexual abuse of
children by teachers, failing to investigate
and report alleged abuse, and
allowing teachers to silently leave. Not
surprisingly, this allows them to find
employment as teachers elsewhere, free
to resume their predatory behavior.
