Background checks for unlicensed caregivers in Idaho aren’t effective at screening potential employees who have abused or neglected vulnerable adults in the past, according to findings from an Office of Performance Evaluations report.

D.C. public and charter schools are required to perform more robust background checks before hiring new teachers under a new law passed by the D.C. Council.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Security just got tighter at Shelby County Schools as hundreds of teachers and staff are getting background checks again.