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  "id": "2001-julyaugust-a-new-wrinkle",
  "slug": "2001-julyaugust-a-new-wrinkle",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/2001-julyaugust-a-new-wrinkle.html",
  "year": 2001,
  "month": "July/August",
  "monthNum": 7,
  "headline": "A new wrinkle",
  "kicker": "CRIMINAL TEACHERS",
  "author_name": "Dianna Hunt",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "Fort Worth Star-Telegram",
  "summary": "A Fort Worth high school football coach resigned after sexual assault allegations in a deal involving a $100,000 payout, prompting investigation into Texas's teacher licensing system which was found to have a massive backlog allowing credentialed teachers with serious criminal histories to remain teaching for years.",
  "keywords": [
    "teachers",
    "credentials",
    "investigation"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Education",
    "Investigative Methods"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "It started with a high-profile football coach and allegations of sexual assault.\n\nThe story made headlines for weeks in the Fort Worth area, as a local school district investigated the allegations against a popular high school coach.\n\nThe coach eventually resigned from the district after officials agreed to pay him $100,000 and drop the investigation. He was never charged with assaulting a female coach, but was charged a few months later with harassing another co-worker and her boyfriend.\n\nIt wasn't until Star-Telegram education reporter Mart Frazier called the state teacher licensing board, however, that the bigger story began to emerge.\n\nThe agency, the State Board for Educator Certification in Austin, Texas, acknowledged it was investigating the coach's teaching credentials. But beleaguered investigators also acknowledged that their workload was so high they had a backlog of cases that could take years to resolve.",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
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