The National Center to Stop Educator Sexual Abuse, Misconduct, & Exploitation recently released a groundbreaking report, titled Understanding and Preventing Sexual Misconduct and Abuse by K–12 School Employees (October 2025), which reveals the scope and prevalence of educator sexual misconduct in America’s schools.

An Oklahoma City metro teacher is under investigation after claims of abuse toward a student were reported to police.

Body cam footage from the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office shows deputies confronting and arresting Roderick Kohl, a Special Education teacher at Council Grove Elementary in the Western Heights School District.

Leetwain Darrell Tate, a 48-year-old former school bus driver for Sugar Creek Charter School in Charlotte, North Carolina, who also goes by "Ms. Sharon," was arrested on September 30, 2025, following an investigation by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Crimes Against Children Unit. Tate faces multiple charges, including two counts of statutory rape of a child under 15, six counts of indecent liberties with a minor, and one count of statutory sex offense. Authorities allege that Tate lured at least four minors, aged 14 and 15, to his residence where the assaults occurred, with one victim reportedly claiming Tate offered money in exchange for sex, according to an arrest affidavit.

Fort Collins Police have arrested former Poudre School District counselor Cassandra Poncelow, 40, for allegedly maintaining an inappropriate relationship with a student and sexually assaulting the victim multiple times over several years. According to Fort Collins Police Services (FCPS), the department began investigating after receiving a report in July alleging that Poncelow, who worked in the district from 2007 to 2024, had engaged in a sexual relationship with a student while employed by the district. The assaults reportedly took place off campus, and the victim was a minor at the time but is now an adult.

A New Jersey elementary school teacher was indicted for allegedly abusing a student over the course of several years, while it is also being reported that she gave birth to the boy’s child.

A former educator has been sentenced to 60 years in prison for various sex crimes involving children.

Ryan England was found guilty on April 24, 2025, of Inappropriate and Unlawful Behavior, having molested four of his first-grade students, both during class and after school.

A teacher at Riverview High School was arrested Friday after being accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a student, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.

A man employed as a special academic instructor at a high school in San Bernardino County has been arrested for the ongoing sexual abuse of a girl under the age of 10, investigators announced.