Latest Education Headlines
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1 Child Killed, 5 Injured in Georgia School Bus Crash
Feb 1 2018 // Authorities say a 6-year-old girl has died after a school bus she was riding in overturned in Georgia. Five other people were injured in the crash Monday afternoon. Warner Robins Assistant Police Chief John Wagner tells...
Man Suing Bar Near Oregon University over Freak Finger Injury
Jan 31 2018 // A man is suing a popular tavern near the University of Oregon, claiming a freak injury at the bar has left him unable to pursue “a host of attractive, lucrative careers” in music and medicine. The...
Provost of Arizona University Dealing with Gender Lawsuit
Jan 30 2018 // University of Arizona Provost Andrew Comrie is facing scrutiny following a $2 million federal lawsuit filed by former Dean Patricia MacCorquodale over gender discrimination. The Arizona Daily Star reports the lawsuit made...
State AG Investigating Who Knew What in Michigan State Sex Abuse Case
Jan 29 2018 // Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Jan. 27 for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing...
Iowa School District Settles Wrongful Termination Suit for nearly $1M
Jan 25 2018 // School officials in central Iowa have reached a nearly $1 million settlement with a former employee who alleged he was wrongfully fired after reporting improper conduct by a high-ranking district officer. The Waukee Board...
The University of Pittsburgh Suspends Fraternity After Student Hospitalized
Jan 25 2018 // The University of Pittsburgh has suspended a fraternity and temporarily barred all Greek life organizations from hosting events with alcohol after a student was hospitalized in an “alcohol-related...
Insurance Education Scholarships Available for Missouri Students
Jan 23 2018 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that high school seniors and college students who are Missouri residents are eligible to apply for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships. The deadline is...
Idaho School Trying to Recover Data Weeks After Ransom-Seeking Cyberattack
Jan 23 2018 // Nearly six weeks after being hit by a massive ransomware cyberattack, the Jerome School District is still working to recover. On Dec. 11, school district officials found out much of its data was encrypted. Each affected...
Female Rowers Sue University in Texas Court Alleging Gender Discrimination
Jan 22 2018 // Members of the SMU women’s rowing team have sued the school, alleging gender discrimination and negligence led to hip injuries. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Dallas, Texas on behalf of seven past and...
New Mexico School District Settles Suit for $800K with Former Employee
Jan 22 2018 // Albuquerque Public Schools in New Mexico will pay $800,000 to its former chief financial officer to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that claimed the former superintendent placed him on paid leave for questioning district...
Hub International Caught Up in $42M Lawsuit by South Carolina School District
Jan 22 2018 // A South Carolina school district has sued an insurance brokerage and several insurance companies, saying the district was sold excessive policies and charged too much. The Berkeley County School District filed suit in U.S....
Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class
Jan 22 2018 // In early 2016, Zurich North America teamed up with William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill., to offer an apprenticeship in insurance program and now its first group of employee-students have graduated with a job at...
West Virginia College Ordered to Pay $250K in Discrimination Suit
Jan 18 2018 // A judge has entered a $250,000 judgment against West Virginia Wesleyan College in a discrimination lawsuit. The Exponent Telegram reports a circuit judge in Upshur County made the ruling recently in a lawsuit filed by a...
Winter Storm in Southeast Leads to Icy Roads, Hundreds of Wrecks
Jan 16 2018 // James A. Jones saw enough cars stranded along the icy highway to know it was time to pull over as a winter storm blasted parts of Tennessee and Kentucky with sleet, freezing rain and snow Friday. Jones counted 25 cars...
Parents Sue Oregon School District for $1.7M Over Daughter’s Back Injury
Jan 11 2018 // Parents of an Oregon girl who slipped and fractured her back while attempting to walk into school on a snowy day have filed a $1.7 million lawsuit against the Lake Oswego School District. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported...
2 Fraternities at East Carolina University Shut Down Over Hazing, Alcohol Infractions
Jan 11 2018 // Two fraternities at East Carolina University have been closed by their national organizations following investigations into alcohol and hazing infractions. Local media outlets report school officials announced Monday that...
Coastal Sea Rise Threatening Florida’s Historic Resources
Jan 9 2018 // The Castillo de San Marcos withstood two sieges in 330 years and changed hands five times, but its latest invader – the rising Atlantic Ocean – threatens to erode the historic St. Augustine fortress. The coquina shell...
Suit Against Company in Deadly Tennessee School Bus Crash Settled for $323k
Jan 8 2018 // The company in a deadly November 2016 school bus crash in Tennessee has settled a lawsuit for $323,000 on behalf of a 9-year-old boy injured in the wreck. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Durham School...
Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class
Jan 8 2018 // In early 2016, Zurich North America teamed up with William Rainey Harper College in Palatine, Ill., to offer an apprenticeship in insurance program and now its first group of employee-students have graduated with a job at...
Tougher Tennessee School Bus Law Now in Effect
Jan 2 2018 // School bus drivers must be at least 25 years old in Tennessee starting New Year’s Day under one of 16 new state laws taking effect. Lawmakers made the change in reaction to a November 2016 school bus crash that...
