Latest Education Headlines
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Hanover Offers Insurance Advice for Parents Sending Kids to College
Jul 22 2014 // The Hanover Insurance Group advises that as new high school graduates get ready to head off to college, parents would be wise to prepare for potential risks and liabilities, and to consider the insurance...
University of Connecticut Pays $1.3M to Settle Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit
Jul 21 2014 // The University of Connecticut said it will pay a group of students almost $1.3 million to settle a sex discrimination suit filed last year that led to a hearing in the state legislature. The five current and former female...
Penn. Professor Studying Cardiovascular Stress on Volunteer Firefighters
Jul 16 2014 // Sometimes, the most deadly part of a fire isn’t the smoke or flames but the stress placed on a firefighter’s body as they move in, out, up and down a burning building. Wearing heavy “bunker gear”...
Duke University in Trademark Shootout with John Wayne Family
Jul 10 2014 // Bloomberg John Wayne Enterprises LLC, a family business set up to protect rights associated with the late movie actor, asked a federal court to declare that its trademarks don’t infringe those of Duke University. In...
Colleges Lack Training to Prevent Sexual Assaults: Senator
Jul 9 2014 // One in five U.S. colleges doesn’t provide faculty and staff with training in how to respond to victims of sexual assault, according to a survey by Senator Claire McCaskill. In addition, about 31 percent of the...
NCAA Recommends ‘Culture Shift’ of Reduced Contact in Football Practices
Jul 9 2014 // The National Collegiate Athletic Association suggested curbing full-contact football practices, echoing a policy instituted by the Ivy League in 2011. The recommendation is among a set of guidelines created to...
Father of Illinois Teen Sues School District Over Son’s Suicide
Jul 7 2014 // The father of a southern Illinois teenager who killed himself a day after watching an anti-bullying movie at school has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the district, accusing administrators of failing to stop the...
Relatives of Auburn University Football Shooting Victims Sue Gunman
Jul 3 2014 // Relatives of two former Auburn University football players shot to death at a party and a third man who was wounded are suing the suspected gunman. Desmonte Leonard faces capital murder and other charges in the killings of...
Alabama State Suit Against Auditor Dismissed by California Court
Jul 3 2014 // A California court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Alabama State University against the auditing firm that’s reviewing the school’s finances. An attorney for Forensic Strategic Solutions said that Los Angeles...
Texas Engineering Board to Review Flawed High School Stadium
Jun 30 2014 // The Texas Board of Professional Engineers is investigating whether laws or rules regarding professional practices were broken over flaws that closed a $60 million high school football stadium. The state’s engineering...
Alaska School District Knew Of Sex Abuse, Says Family
Jun 24 2014 // The family of a student who authorities say wore a hidden microphone to obtain a tutor’s purported sex-abuse confession has sued the school district, saying it failed to protect the boy from the instructor. The...
InVEST Honors Florida’s Zupkoff As Teacher of Year
Jun 20 2014 // Adam W. Zupkoff, who teaches at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, Fla., is the 2014 InVEST Teacher of the Year. InVEST is an industry-supported program that provides students with knowledge of the basics of insurance...
Ex-Coach Crowe Goes on Offense for Youth Injury Prevention
Jun 18 2014 // The opposing running back from Jack Crowe’s first game as a full-time high school coach died after a hit later in the 1972 season. Auburn’s starting fullback in 1983, Greg Pratt, collapsed and died after a...
University of Alabama Researchers Show Small Changes Can Make Big Difference During Tornadoes
Jun 16 2014 // Surviving a tornado in a wood-frame residential home is enhanced by an intact roof and standing walls, but light-weight garage doors can be the weak link to allowing high winds and pressure changes into a home that can...
Court Rules Searchable Database Is ‘Fair Use’ of Copyrighted Books
Jun 15 2014 // Universities and research libraries that created a searchable online database for millions of books did not violate copyright protections belonging to authors whose works were scanned, a U.S. appeals court ruled last...
Obama, NFL, NCAA Get Behind Research into Concussions in Youth Sports
May 29 2014 // President Barack Obama will announce $86 million in projects to improve detection of concussions in children and research their effects, an effort to reassure parents concerned by the rise of brain injuries in youth...
Missouri High School Team to Skip Bass Tournament Due to Insurance Troubles
May 28 2014 // Concerns about insurance requirements will keep a southwest Missouri high school team from participating in the first high school bass pro fishing tournament in June. Nixa High School anglers won’t be part of the...
ACE Expands Travel Coverage for Religious, Educational Institutions
May 23 2014 // ACE Group has expanded its web-based portal to provide coverage for U.S.-based religious organizations and educational institutions, whose employees, students and volunteers travel internationally. The portal,...
West, Texas School District Suing Insurers over Fertilizer Blast Damages
May 23 2014 // The West, Texas, school district is suing its insurers, saying the two sides are $23 million apart on the costs of rebuilding buildings after last year’s devastating plant explosion. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports...
Data Breach Impacts Pennsylvania College Students
May 20 2014 // Students at a northwestern Pennsylvania medical school are being urged to monitor their credit after their names and Social Security numbers were inadvertently posted online. The Erie Times-News says the data breach...
