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Number 23434
Subject Teachers
Source Small Newspaper Group
State IL
Year 2007
Publication Date 10/16/2007; 10/17/2007; 10/18/2007; 12/01/2007; 12/02/2007
Summary Illinois is the second to last state in "the rate at which it suspends or revokes teaching certificates." Often reports of misconduct are not acted upon or investigated. Its screening system is also flawed and "has repeatedly allowed convicted sex offenders and other violent felons to be certified to teach."
Category Contest Entry
Pages 81
Keywords teaching; certified teacher; Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; Illinois State Board of Education; sex offenders; criminals; abuse; felons; certificate
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