In this episode, Erika Sanzi joins us to discuss the Rhode Island house bill (HB 5817) that would make sex between school employees and students a crime. We talk about what the Rhode Island bill means for schools in general and the education sector. You’ll learn why the bill hasn’t passed yet– even though other states have similar laws, how the lack of legislation on this issue makes schools less safe for students, and why most people don’t realize that student sexual abuse is an issue. u003cstrongu003eErika Sanziu003c/strongu003e spent a decade as a teacher and school dean before becoming a full-time education advocate. She writes about all things education (and some things motherhood) at Good School Hunting as well as for Education Post and the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. [spp-player url=http://traffic.libsyn.com/voices4ed/26_-_Education_Post_-_Student_Abuse.mp3] [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“In the conversation of #metoo and #timesup, which I think have been very important conversations, minors have been left out.” – Erika Sanziu0022] u003ch3u003eEpisode Details:u003c/h3u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eWhy sex between students and teachers is not already a crime in Rhode Islandu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eThe legal precedent in other statesu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow sexual predators are able to move from state to state freelyu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhy the bill is opposed by teachers unionsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eHow Rhode Island is currently a haven for sexual predatorsu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eWhy most people don’t know that student sexual abuse is an issueu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e u003ch3u003eLinks Mentioned:u003c/h3u003e u003culu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://twitter.com/esanziu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003e@esanziu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://goodschoolhunting.org/2019/04/teachers-unions-oppose-bill-make-sex-students-crime.htmlu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eBoth Teachers’ Unions Oppose Bill That Would Make Sex with Students a Crimeu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://goodschoolhunting.org/2017/05/big-loophole-ri-ma-consent-law-first-visit-local-tv-studio.htmlu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eBig Loophole in RI (and MA) Consent Law and My First Visit to a local TV studiou003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/14/broken-discipline-tracking-system-lets-teachers-with-misconduct-records-back-in-classroom/79999634/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eBroken discipline tracking systems let teachers flee troubled pastsu003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003cliu003eu003ca href=u0022https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/01/20/more-teachers-are-having-sex-with-their-students-heres-how-schools-can-stop-them/?utm_term=.0a9a5e5d232bu0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 rel=u0022noopener noreferreru0022u003eMore teachers are having sex with their students. Here’s how schools can stop them.u003c/au003eu003c/liu003e u003c/ulu003e [spp-tweet tweet=u0022“Wherever children spend time, there are bad people who try to get into those places and do bad things. And so the more we can protect students and children from harm, the better we are.” – Erika Sanziu0022]
Episode 26: Making Sex With Students a Crime (ft. Erika Sanzi)
