New grant-funded educator misconduct database used as research and prevention tool

(University of Texas at San Antonio) David Thompson, a professor in the University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, and Catherine Robert '17, Ed.D, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, are developing a database with information about Texas certified educators who have engaged in sexual misconduct during the last two decades (1999-2019) to provide empirical data on educator sexual misconduct (ESM) that can inform education policymakers at the national and state levels.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uota-nge072319.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 24, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news