According to the U.S. Department of Education , female teachers who sexually assaulted students often got a pass in the past . Attitudes have now changed and more are being prosecuted . In U.S. schools last year , nearly a third school employees were prosecuted for sexual assault - almost 800 of them women . Numbers are already slightly ahead this year for numbers of female school employees accused of inappropriate relationships with male students .
According to the U.S. Department of Education , female teachers who sexually assaulted students often got a pass in the past . Attitudes have now changed and more are being prosecuted . In U.S. schools last year , almost 800 school employees were prosecuted for sexual assault - nearly a third of them women . Numbers are already slightly ahead this year for numbers of female school employees accused of inappropriate relationships with male students .