April 15, 2014 Abstract: In Western society, sexual abuse consummated on a child is considered distinctly heinous.  Child sexual abuse is largely under-reported, almost wholly perpetrated by males that know their victim.  The purposes of this editorial are to discover the causality between male pornographic movie consumption and institutional abuse, to identify whether an...

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...

LOCAL Santa Cruz, CA - Santa Cruz surf instructor to be arraigned on sex abuse charges Wednesday A well-known Santa Cruz surf instructor accused of molesting underage girls and secretly recording videos of girls getting undressed is scheduled for arraignment Wednesday.  Dylan David Greiner was arrested last year and police said they found more...

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...

NATIONAL Tumwater, WA - Former teacher's aide at Black Hills High pleads guilty to sex with student A former teacher's aide at Black Hills High School pleaded guilty Monday to having sex with a former student she once supervised in detention, court papers state.  The former Black Hills para-educator, Courtney Keller, 29, pleaded guilty...

About EdVoice EdVoice is a non-profit, grassroots organization that is dedicated to improving public schools in California.  Their primary focus is on improving the educational output for California’s students.  EdVoice brings together the ingredients to drive change in California schools. With in-depth policy expertise and a commitment to looking to research and real-world results...

LOCAL Sacramento, CA - EDITORIAL: Finally, there is a bill to speed firing of dangerous teachers The threat of a ballot initiative has persuaded the California Teachers Association to negotiate a new process for teacher dismissal.  EdVoice, an educational advocacy group based in West Sacramento, titled its proposed initiative: "Stop Child Molesters, Sexual Abusers...