April 15, 2014 Summary: A former teacher was arrested last week for allegedly sexually molesting a four-year-old girl.  The story is compelling, but the accusations stem entirely from the girl’s testimony which can make this case difficult to stand up in court.  This means a possible child molester could walk away clean from the...

April 15, 2014 Summary: Background checks can highlight any derogatory information in an applicant’s criminal or financial records, or can serve to validate the information they provide on their applications.  There are also supplements to background checks that prove beneficial to an institution: from the traditional reference checking to the modern review of an...

April 15, 2014 Summary: The relationship between your child and their teachers are one of the most important relationships they will have in their lifetime.  If the relationship is a proper one, your child will learn a lot about respect and fairness.  However, no matter how strong our children, or us individually are, we...

April 15, 2014 Summary: Child sexual abuse can happen to anyone, anywhere – even the little city you grew up in, or the school you went to.  When most people read the news – particularly bad news – they have a way of removing their emotions from the story.  Thoughts of “it didn’t happen...

May 6, 2014 Summary: A small city is outraged following their school district’s decision to retain three school administrators arrested and charged with failure to report child abuse.  This could be an issue in your hometown too. Residents of the small town of Darien, GA are furious with the McIntosh School District in the...

April 30, 2014 Summary: The mishandling of sexual assault allegations on college campuses is a growing problem in the U.S., but only recently has the government stepped in to fix the problem. Horrifying allegations of sexual assaults on college campuses have flooded the news stream in the past few months.  Stories such as victim...

April 15, 2014 Summary: Only months after assuming his position as the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, the largest school district in the country, John Deasy had to react to a child sexual abuse scandal at Miramonte Elementary School that indicted two teachers.  Instead of relying on a cumbersome process to...

April 15, 2014 Summary: Like the Death Star in Star Wars, school districts have one fundamental, crippling flaw – most schools don’t have insurance that covers sexual abuses by their bus drivers.  Proactive schools have this insurance, along with your child's safety in mind.  Reactive schools do not; if your child is abused by...

A MISSOURI TEACHER ACCUSED OF MURDERING A YOUNG GIRL; IT SHOULD’VE BEEN PREVENTED BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN BORN. Summary: Craig Wood, a former coach and assistant teacher at a Springfield, MO primary school, is charged with first-degree murder of 10-year-old Hailey Owens.  This possibly could have been prevented had the school district conducted a...

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LOS ANGELES: THE ARCHDIOCESE NOW STANDING TALL FOR THEIR SINS. WHY IT’S STILL NOT ENOUGH. Summary: The Los Angeles Archdiocese, after decades of institutional failure to protect children, has paid dearly for it in the past 10 years with record settlements against them, but the bleeding hasn’t stopped yet. Documents...