Nearly every state education agency provides a system that parents and members of the public can use to verify and review the credentials of public school teachers in the state. However ...

The USA TODAY NETWORK determined America's system for checking teachers' backgrounds is a loosely-connected patchwork of state laws and procedures, inconsistent practices by school districts and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The number of background checks performed by the state for substitute teachers has skyrocketed in recent ...

BALTIMORE -- A state report found that Public and private school officials lacked training on background checks, which allowed a former Baltimore County teacher with red flags to be hired and rehired.