Kathryn Kidd distributes bracelets to students outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles on Thursday. Children are returning to the school where the entire staff has been replaced following the arrests of two former teachers on charges of committing lewd acts with students in class. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
8:03 pm ET -The Miramonte School scandal could be a wakeup call about the prevalence of sexual abuse in schools nationwide, experts say – adding that scandals could sweep though education world the way they did though the Catholic Church.
Top Education (View all)
- No Child Left Behind waivers: five ways education will change
- Who is to blame for LA school sex abuse? Push for answers poised to escalate. (+video)
- No Child Left Behind loses bite as Obama issues waivers
- Miramonte School sex abuse scandal: Was replacing entire staff too extreme? (+video)
- Lesson of L.A. teacher sex-crime case: Heed children who report abuse
- Education 2.0: Can Digital Learning Day begin a classroom revolution?
- Why New Hampshire lets parents have broad say over children's coursework
- Utah school bomb plot: from inspiration to prevention, Columbine had a part
- Five shifts among college freshmen: For one, they're more studious
- Under education reform, school principals swamped by teacher evaluations
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