Latest Education Headlines
All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Virginia Mom of Boy Left on Bus Sues School Officials for $500K
Jan 20 2012 // Richmond school officials are being sued by the mother of a 4-year-old autistic boy who was left on a bus. Nyheim Butler’s lawsuit accuses Richmond Public Schools, the district’s transportation director, a...
Penn. School District Pays $600K Settlement Over Harassment Claim
Jan 19 2012 // A central Pennsylvania school district has paid more than a half-million dollars to settle a student’s lawsuit involving a teacher acquitted of sexually assaulting her in 2006. Susquehanna Township School...
Texas School Bus Crash Sends 32 to Hospital
Jan 19 2012 // A tractor-trailer clipped a school bus full of students on Jan. 17, flipping the bus onto its side and sending 32 people — 29 of them children — to a central Texas hospital. Police said a 9-year-old boy was ejected...
Lawsuit Claims Hazing on Mississippi High School Baseball Team
Jan 11 2012 // Members of a south Mississippi high school baseball team participated in a hazing ritual that left one teenager hospitalized after being held from behind and punched in the chest, according to a lawsuit filed by the...
People
Jan 9 2012 // State insurance regulators have named 28 consumer representatives to advise them on insurance issues during 2012. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said the 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer...
Colorado Bus Kills Pedestrian Walking In Bus Lane
Jan 3 2012 // A 29-year-old woman who was walking in the bus lane on the outskirts of Aspen, Colo. was hit and killed by a bus early Sunday. The Aspen Times reports that the unidentified pedestrian was hit from behind by a Roaring Fork...
Unhappy Law School Grads Consider Suing Their Alma Maters
Dec 28 2011 // Many law schools try to attract more applicants by showing off how well their graduates do in the real world. The schools tell their prospective students about their graduates’ high employment and salary figures. But...
Minnesota Supreme Court to Hear University’s Appeal of $1M Award
Dec 26 2011 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to hear the University of Minnesota’s appeal of a $1 million civil verdict against the school and men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith over the hiring of an assistant...
State Insurance Regulators Name 28 Consumer Representatives
Dec 21 2011 // State insurance regulators have named 28 consumer representatives to advise them on insurance issues during 2012. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) said the 18 funded and 10 unfunded consumer...
Maurice ‘Hank’ Greenberg Wins Leadership Award From Yale University
Dec 20 2011 // Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Starr Companies, was awarded the Lifetime of Leadership Award from the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute, Yale School of Management. The Starr Companies chief received the...
All in the Family
Dec 16 2011 // Young Agents Survey Reveals Strong Family Ties Bryan Hanes grew up in the family business listening to stories about life in a small town. He heard his grandfather and then father sharing cheerful conversations with local...
Experts: Little Oversight of Science Class Labs in Minnesota
Dec 14 2011 // A recent science demonstration that went bad in a Maple Grove, Minn., middle school has drawn attention to the fact that there’s little official oversight of experiments in classroom labs. Four students were burned,...
People
Dec 5 2011 // Susan Gropp has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Gropp is executive vice president of Arcana Insurance Services in Dallas. Other newly elected officers include: Vice President Kathy van...
Lessons From Penn State Scandal
Dec 5 2011 // It will take years before the tight-knit community at Penn State University can put its horrendous scandal behind. This awful event is a reminder of just how important risk management can be. It behooves Penn State (and...
Kentucky College, Former President Settle Claim Over Firing
Dec 1 2011 // A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought by a former community college president against the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Under terms of the settlement, former Owensboro Community &...
Insurance Council of Texas Awards $40K in Scholarships
Nov 16 2011 // Insurance and risk management students at four Texas universities were recently awarded a total of $40,000 in academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation. The students attend St....
Boston Agency Eyes ‘Next Generation’ of Insureds
Oct 3 2011 // What if a college student falls ill late in semester and needs to withdraw without getting any tuition refund? What if a child loses valuables in her school or accidentally causes damage? Here comes insurance to the...
West Virginia College Town Tries to Curb Football Game Fires
Sep 21 2011 // Morgantown, West Virginia fire officials are trying to prevent the spectacle of nationally televised street fires after a big football game Saturday night by ordering hundreds of people to remove furniture and other...
MedMal Direct Insurance Co. Launches MedMal Direct University
Sep 20 2011 // Jacksonville-based MedMal Direct Insurance Co. has launched MedMal Direct University. MedMal Direct provides all of its insureds unlimited access to MedMal Direct University: offering clinical and non-clinical risk...
E&O Insights: Advising Clients on Coverage Needs When Children Leave the Nest
Sep 19 2011 // With the college year again upon us, there is a good chance your agency has some clients whose children are heading off to school. Not only is this typically a busy time, it can also be an emotional time for all...
