▁license ▁to ▁teach . ▁Only ▁ 3 5 ▁percent ▁suffered ▁negative ▁consequences ▁of ▁any ▁kind , ▁and ▁ 3 9 ▁percent ▁chose ▁to ▁leave ▁their ▁school ▁district , ▁most ▁with ▁positive ▁recommend ations . ▁Some ▁were ▁even ▁given ▁an ▁early ▁ret irement ▁package ." ▁▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Sh akes haft ▁published ▁Edu c ator ▁Sex ual ▁Mis con duct : ▁A ▁Syn thesis ▁of ▁Ex isting ▁Liter ature ▁for ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Department ▁of ▁Education . ▁ ▁The ▁report ▁indicated ▁that ▁nearly ▁ 1 0 % ▁of ▁U . S . ▁public ▁school ▁students , ▁or ▁ 4 . 5 ▁million ▁students , ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁vict ims ▁of ▁sexual ▁har ass ment , ▁ra pe ▁or ▁sexual ▁ab use . ▁The ▁review ▁described ▁the ▁pre val ence ▁of ▁educ ator ▁sexual ▁mis con duct , ▁off ender ▁characteristics , ▁targets ▁of ▁educ ator ▁sexual ▁mis con duct , ▁and ▁recommend ations ▁for ▁prevent ion ▁of ▁educ ator ▁sexual ▁mis con duct . ▁ ▁Media ▁reports ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁National ▁Review ▁Online ▁opinion ▁column ▁repub lished ▁by ▁CBS ▁News , ▁Sh akes haft ▁said ▁that ▁"... ▁the ▁physical ▁sexual ▁ab use ▁of ▁students ▁in ▁[ public ] ▁schools ▁is ▁likely ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁times ▁the ▁ab use ▁by ▁[ C atholic ] ▁pri ests ." ▁She ▁estimated ▁that ▁about ▁ 2 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁students ▁were ▁victim ized ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁and ▁ 2