February 16, 2018 – Bridge Agents

Saudi Arabian Women Granted Permission to Work as Investigators

February 16, 2018 Bridge Agents

Saudi Arabia (Sputnik) – The Saudi public prosecutor’s office has announced that it is hiring Saudi women as investigation officers. The application process will start on Sunday, February 11, and will continue until March 3, the al-Madina Arabic newspaper reported. Women will be hired as investigators for the first time, as the kingdom seeks to encourage female employment under a reform plan for a post-oil era. “Vacancies are available in women’s positions on the staff of the public prosecution for the rank of lieutenant investigator,” the Saudi public prosecutor’s office announced in a statement relayed by the information ministry. The announcement is in line with Crown…

Teacher misconduct: Research on educators committing crime

February 16, 2018 Bridge Agents

US (JR) — A junior high school teacher in Illinois was charged with battery, accused of throwing an electronic device at a student’s face during an argument. In Florida, a first-grade teacher lost her job after campus officials said they found her drunk in class. A Michigan high school automotive teacher was charged with criminal sexual conduct after allegedly having sex with a teenager on school grounds. Journalists regularly cover stories about teachers behaving badly. To help, we’ve pulled together a sampling of academic research that looks at teacher misconduct broadly as well as sexual misconduct specifically. We…