Latest Education Headlines
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Report: Iowa School Bus Inspection System Has Gaps
Aug 28 2012 // Almost 100 Iowa school buses have been repeatedly labeled unsafe to transport children in the past five years. The Des Moines Register reported that gaps in the bus inspection system make it possible for those buses to...
Parents Sue Cornell University Over Son’s 2010 Death
Aug 28 2012 // The parents of a Cornell University sophomore who died in the Fall Creek gorge two years ago are suing the university for negligence in their son’s death. Nineteen-year-old Khalil King was last seen in August 2010,...
School Bus Liability Insurance Bill Signed by Illinois Governor
Aug 27 2012 // A bill that updates and clarifies liability insurance standards for operators of buses by schools and other organizations has been signed by the Illinois governor. Gov. Pat Quinn on Aug. 24 signed SB 2524, which details...
Sandusky Victim Sues Penn State for Compensatory, Punitive Damages
Aug 27 2012 // A young man who testified against Jerry Sandusky sued Penn State last Friday, blaming the university for how its top officials dealt with complaints that the former assistant football coach behaved inappropriately with...
Calif. School District Sued Over Sex Ed Program
Aug 23 2012 // A school district in California’s Central Valley is putting teens’ health at risk by failing to provide students with information about condoms and contraception, two parents and a coalition of groups said in a...
Penn. Regulator Advises College Students to Check Insurance Needs
Aug 22 2012 // As college students return to campus to begin the new academic year, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Mike Consedine reminds families to create a “dorm room inventory” for insurance purposes. “Many...
Judge tosses student injury lawsuit against University of Idaho
Aug 15 2012 // A state judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Idaho by a student who fell from a fraternity house window in 2009. The Lewiston Tribune reported that 2nd District Judge Michael Griffin tossed the...
Florida Gov. Scott Reappoints 7 Workers’ Compensation Judges
Aug 13 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has reappointed seven judges on the state’s court that handles workers’ compensation claims. Judge W. James Condry II, 54, of Orlando, has been a judge of Compensation Claims for the...
Is Peer Pressure Better Employee Motivator Than Money?
Aug 7 2012 // A sense of belonging and attachment to a group of co-workers is a better motivator for some employees than money, according to a new study by University of Iowa researchers. “We found that self-managing teams exhibit...
N.Y. Pilot Program Allows Colleges to Self-Fund Student Health Plans
Aug 6 2012 // A pilot program now underway in New York State will allow large universities to self-fund student health plans, with the goal of providing health coverage to students at a lower cost. The program is the result of...
Why Some Types of Multitasking Are More Dangerous Than Others
Aug 6 2012 // People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers. Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks...
Md. Regulators Advise College Students to Get Smart About Insurance
Aug 1 2012 // As students head off to college in the fall, the Maryland Insurance Administration is encouraging young adults – and their parents – to get smart about insurance. Students heading off to college might not be...
Why Some Types of Multitasking Are More Dangerous Than Others
Jul 27 2012 // People are better at juggling some types of multitasking than they are at others, according to a new study that has implications for distracted drivers. Trying to do two visual tasks at once hurt performance in both tasks...
State Farm Pulling Its Ads From Penn State Football Broadcasts
Jul 26 2012 // State Farm is pulling its ads from Penn State football broadcasts, while General Motors is reconsidering its sponsorship deal and Wall Street is threatening to downgrade the school’s credit rating, suggesting the...
Medical Students Sue Mississippi College, Allege Inadequate Training
Jul 26 2012 // A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of seven women accuses Virginia College’s Jackson branch of fraud, breach of contract and negligence in its medical assistants program. The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S....
Insuring Colleges and Universities
Jul 23 2012 // A new report that examines the Penn State University scandal had harsh words for the school’s top officials. Former FBI Director Louis Freeh – who was hired by university trustees to investigate the scandal and...
Insurers for Colleges May Tighten Underwriting After Penn St. Scandal
Jul 19 2012 // Liability insurance carriers and brokers that offer coverage to higher educational institutions have been watching the Penn State scandal unfold. And one broker says liability insurers are likely to tighten their...
Emerson College in Boston to Pay $250K for Alleged Asbestos Violations
Jul 9 2012 // Emerson College and Suffolk Construction Company Inc. in Massachusetts will each pay $250,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the state’s air pollution prevention statute and asbestos regulation,...
School Children Fundraise to Fix Vandalized Ohio Museum
Jun 28 2012 // Months after an Ohio State University student trashed the Orton Geological Museum, an artist, a curator and elementary schoolchildren are helping to piece history back together. About 175 second- and third-grade gifted...
Kent State Announces New Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance Studies
Jun 27 2012 // Ohio’s Kent State University announced it will offer a bachelor’s degree in insurance studies. The Ohio Board of Regents recently approved the new degree, which will initially be offered only at Kent State...
