Latest Education Headlines
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Families of 7 Children Killed in Oklahoma Tornado Settle with School System
Jun 14 2017 // A suburban Oklahoma City school system and its insurer have agreed to pay about $14,000 to each of the families of seven children who died four years ago when their school was destroyed by a tornado. The deal, announced by...
New Trial Ordered in Iowa High School Baseball Injury Case
Jun 9 2017 // The Iowa Supreme Court has ordered a new trial in the case of a Muscatine high school baseball player whose skull was fractured when he was struck by a foul ball during a game in Davenport in 2011. A jury initially sided...
The Hartford Launches Nationally Registered Apprenticeship Program
Jun 8 2017 // The Hartford is working to educate college students about opportunities in the insurance industry while helping to make the transition from college to an insurance career an easier one. This initiative comes through its...
Collision Between School Bus, Truck Sends 3 Students to Hospital
May 25 2017 // Three students have been taken to the hospital for minor injuries after a school bus and a truck collided in eastern South Carolina. The wreck was reported around 8 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. 52 in Moncks Corner. Berkeley...
University of Iowa to Settle Sports Bias Lawsuits for $6.5M
May 23 2017 // The University of Iowa will pay $6.5 million to settle high-profile discrimination lawsuits filed by former athletic administrator Jane Meyer and her partner, former women’s field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum,...
Today’s Climate of Crime, Safety and Security at Schools, Colleges
May 23 2017 // One in every 5 middle and high school students has complained of being bullied at school and the number of reports of sexual assault on college campuses has more than tripled over the past decade, according to a federal...
$173K Settlement Revealed in Utah State Student ‘Slack Line’ Death
May 22 2017 // Utah State University has agreed to pay $172,500 to the parents of a student killed four years ago when he hit a slack line rope tied between two trees while he was biking on campus, according to documents released by the...
Family of N.C. High School Football Player Who Died After Head Injury Sues
May 22 2017 // The family of a North Carolina high school football player who died after sustaining a head injury during practice is suing the Wake County school system and members of the athletic staff. The News & Observer reports...
Ex-Vanderbilt Student Sues University for $10M Over Assault Allegations
May 19 2017 // A former student has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Vanderbilt University, claiming he was wrongfully accused of sexual assault. The Tennessean reports the lawsuit was filed May 5. It claims the student, identified...
Big ‘I’ Virtual University’s Boggs Gets Award for Reinsurance Research
May 16 2017 // Big “I” Virtual University Director Christopher “Chris” J. Boggs has received a prestigious award in London for a paper he and a group of industry professionals authored about the disconnect between...
Iowa School District Pays $160K in Bus Crash Lawsuit
May 15 2017 // The Sioux City (Iowa) Community School District has paid $160,000 to a woman injured when a school bus rear-ended her vehicle in 2013. The Sioux City Journal reports that the school board approved the settlement last week...
Utah Family Reaches Settlement with University over Son’s Slack Line Death
May 15 2017 // Utah State University has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit with the family of a college student who was killed in August 2013 when he hit a rope tied between two trees known as a “slack line” while riding his...
Georgia Colleges Grapple With New Law Allowing Concealed Handguns on Campus
May 11 2017 // Georgia’s public university presidents and police chiefs were strongly opposed to letting people carry concealed handguns on college campuses. Now that Gov. Nathan Deal has signed the campus-carry law, it falls on...
56 Students Escape South Carolina School Bus Fire
May 11 2017 // Authorities in South Carolina say more than 50 students escaped without injury after the school bus they were riding caught fire. Local media reports say the bus was carrying students to three different Spartanburg schools...
Charter Bus with Texas School Athletes Crashes; 2 Dead
May 2 2017 // Texas Department of Public Safety authorities say two people are dead after a head-on crash involving a pickup truck and a chartered bus carrying 34 coaches and athletes from seven El Paso high schools returning home from...
Drunk Driver Hits 5 Students At Florida School Bus Stop, Kills 1
May 1 2017 // A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sleeping Thursday afternoon when his 11-year-old daughter called and asked him to pick her up at her school bus stop. Seconds later, his daughter screamed into the phone. “Dad,...
Dodge City Community College Wins Kansas Don’t Text #Just Drive Contest
Apr 28 2017 // Dodge City Community College (DCCC) received the most votes by percentage of students enrolled to win the Kansas community college “Don’t Text #Just Drive” spring contest March 15-April 16, sponsored in...
31 Students Awarded Scholarships from Insurance Council of Texas
Apr 26 2017 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation recently awarded a total of $34,500 in academic scholarships to 31 students at five Texas universities. The students attend the University of Houston Main campus,...
St. Joseph’s University Team Wins Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge
Apr 26 2017 // At the Spencer Educational Foundation reception, RIMS board director and director of global risk management and insurance at PayPal Inc., Laura Langone, announced St. Joseph’s University’s student team as the...
AXIS Re & China’s Renmin University Offer Actuarial Scholarship
Apr 24 2017 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. announced the launch of the “AXIS Re Actuarial Scholarship” in partnership with Renmin University in China. The scholarship fund will provide financial assistance to...
