Erica DePalo

A former Teacher of the Year who admitted having sex with a 15-year-old student was spared prison time Monday as information surfaced about her psychiatric condition and what role it may have played in her behavior.

Just today a study was released asking if women teachers who prey on male students are treated more leniently than if it were the other way around. The study found: •Male defendants went to prison in 54 percent of cases compared with 44 percent of cases for female defendants; •Men averaged 2...

If your teenage daughter reported that she’d been having sex with a male teacher, naturally you’d want the book thrown at him; and probably throw a few punches and various loose objects at him as well. If, however, it’s your teenage son having an affair, however brief, with an attractive female teacher, do you give him an “atta boy...

A former Essex County teacher of the year has admitted having sex with a 15-year-old boy enrolled in an honors class she taught.

An attorney for a county teacher of the year says she will plead not guilty to charges she had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old honors student.

A woman who was named Essex County's "Teacher of the Year" in 2011 is now accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old male student.