Latest Education Headlines
All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
5 Things to Know About Education & Training
Apr 8 2013 // In North America and Europe, there are more than 210 insurance and insurance-related professional designations that are available for property/casualty, life, health, benefits, actuarial and other financial services...
Relatives Sue Over University of Alabama Cheerleader Bus Crash
Apr 1 2013 // A family is suing over a fatal crash involving a bus that was carrying University of Alabama cheerleaders back to campus after the national championship football game in January. A statement released by the Beasley Allen...
University Of Arizona Develops App For Dust Storm Warnings
Mar 20 2013 // The University of Arizona has created a mobile application for iPhones that provides dust storm alerts and safety tips. Available for free download on iTunes, the app uses a person’s geographical location anywhere in...
Suit Filed By Parents of California University Student In Hazing Death
Mar 20 2013 // The parents of a California State University, Fresno freshman who died in 2012 of alcohol poising while pledging for a fraternity have filed a wrongful death suit against the fraternity and several of its members. Paul and...
Southern California School District Settles Lewd ‘Tasting Games’ Claims
Mar 14 2013 // The Los Angeles school district will pay millions of dollars to settle claims and lawsuits filed by students and families from an elementary school where a third-grade teacher was accused of spoon-feeding children semen in...
Penn State Sues PMA Insurance Over Alleged Breach of Contract
Mar 6 2013 // Pennsylvania State University on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Company (PMA), alleging that the insurer failed to honor obligations owed to the school under...
Transgender Woman Sues California Baptist University For Expulsion
Mar 1 2013 // A transgender woman is suing California Baptist University for expelling her after she revealed on MTV’s “True Life” that she is biologically male. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reported 25-year-old...
BrickStreet Insurance Gives West Virginia University Record $4M Gift
Feb 28 2013 // West Virginia University’s College of Business and Economics has received the largest gift in its history. The university said that the BrickStreet Insurance Foundation donated $3 million to the college’s...
California School District Sued Over Yoga Program
Feb 22 2013 // An attorney representing a family bent out of shape over a public school yoga program in the beach city of Encinitas filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the district-wide classes. In the lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior...
A University Health System Says It Will Stop Hiring Smokers in Pennsylvania
Feb 21 2013 // The University of Pennsylvania Health System says it plans to stop hiring smokers and tobacco users. The policy starts in July at a system that includes the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Applicants must be...
EPA Fines 6 Arizona School Districts For Asbestos
Feb 21 2013 // Six school districts in Arizona have done compliance work to avoid hefty federal fines for asbestos violations. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fined the school districts a combined total of nearly $95,000. More...
Youth Groups Call for Improved Safety for School Sports
Feb 8 2013 // Student athletes need access to health care professionals, better-trained coaches and up-to-date equipment, a coalition of groups recommended this week in a call to action aimed at protecting the almost 8 million students...
Texas Lawmaker Tackles Football in Public School Concussion Fight
Feb 7 2013 // A state lawmaker who wants to make concussion screenings as routine as physicals in Texas public school athletics has taken direct aim at football. State Rep. Eddie Lucio III has filed a bill that would limit high school...
Washington City, University Sued Over Student Kayaking Death
Feb 6 2013 // The mother of a Gonzaga University student who died on a kayaking trip sponsored by the city of Spokane is suing the university and the city. The lawsuit was filed by Susan Gormley, the mother of 18-year-old Christopher...
Rural School Officials: Give Texas Teachers Guns
Jan 30 2013 // Superintendents of three small rural school districts that allow some teachers to carry guns told Texas lawmakers on Jan. 28 that the practice provides a critical measure of safety for students in the event of a campus...
Former Utah High School Student Gets $100K Settlement
Jan 28 2013 // A former Utah high school student has received $100,000 in a settlement related to his claims that he was racially abused by fellow students that included members of white supremacist group. Anthony Armstrong, a biracial...
Closing of Kentucky Trust to Leave 174 School Districts In Need of Insurance
Jan 16 2013 // The financially troubled Kentucky School Boards Insurance Trust will disband, forcing school districts to search for new providers of workers compensation, property and liability insurance policies. The closure means...
Brickstreet Mutual Donates $2.5M to Marshall University
Jan 7 2013 // An insurance company has donated $2.5 million to Marshall University to establish a research endowment. The university said that the gift form the BrickStreet Insurance Foundation Inc. is expected to be matched through the...
GEICO Recruiting College Grads for Leadership Program in Virginia Office
Jan 4 2013 // GEICO, a Chevy Chase, Md.-headquartered auto insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, said its Fredericksburg, Va., regional office is recruiting college graduates for its “Supervisor Leadership Program.” The...
Pennsylvania Governor Announces Lawsuit vs. NCAA Over Penn State Scandal
Jan 3 2013 // Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Wednesday he will ask a federal court to throw out the multimillion-dollar sanctions levied by the NCAA against Penn State University over the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal,...
