Texting With the Teacher: What's OK, What's Not

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 2, 2014

After a Brooklyn Tech teacher was charged with sexually assaulting seven girls earlier this week, Marla Brassard, professor of psychology and education at Teachers College, Columbia University, explains how to teach your kids to look out for predatory teachers - and as texting and Facebook between teachers and students becomes more common, she talks about what's normal and what crosses the line to inappropriate.

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