Kevin Hogan is an awesome high school English teacher and crew coach. The school he teaches at, Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, is based in Malden, Mass., and has the distinction of being listed as one of the best schools in the country this year by Newsweek. And the school claims they do criminal background checks in every location a prospective employee says they've lived and worked.

But a criminal background check won't reveal a porn star past. Unless the porno flicks you've starred in were busted for illegal practices, that is, which isn't the case for Kevin Hogan.

Kevin Hogan's porn star name is Hytch Cawke. And he starred in such obscure gay flicks as Dominant Male: Fetish World 1, Ass Fucked by a DILF 2 and Just Gone Gay 8. And for that reason, he must be fired. Or so says Mike Beaudet of Fox, Margery Eagan of the Boston Herald and a couple of disgruntled parents.

Turns out Beaudet did some serious digging to find these porno flicks and then questioned Hogan about them. And when the teacher refused to comment, Beaudet aired the story on television ... including barely censored images of Hogan and his porno pals.

Make no mistake! There is nothing else about Kevin Hogan besides his alleged appearance in porn to warrant firing him. Most parents and students are in support of him remaining a teacher at the school and say he's an exemplary educator. Much to Beaudet's chagrin, 81 percent (vs. 18 percent) of his readers and viewers have voted that Hogan should be allowed to keep his job. And there's even a Facebook page calling on Fox to fire Mike Beaudet. Some folks are accusing Beaudet of going after the teacher because he's gay.

But you know what they say. No press is bad press. We're sure this bit of douchebaggery will just raise the man's ratings.