August 15, 2016
A federal judge has granted the NCAA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two former North Carolina athletes seeking to hold college sports’ governing body at least partly responsible for the school’s long-running academic fraud scandal. In a ruling …
July 6, 2016
A California mother has filed a second lawsuit against a school district, saying it failed to keep her special needs son safe even after losing the first lawsuit and agreeing to improve his supervision. The Bay Area New Group reports …
June 24, 2016
An Oregon teenager who was disfigured during a school trip in Costa Rica has filed a $20.8 million lawsuit against his former high school. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that Joseph Christopher Johnson filed the suit earlier this week against Salem Academy, …
February 23, 2016
A North Carolina judge dismissed a lawsuit Friday in which two former University of North Carolina athletes alleged the school failed to provide them and other athletes a quality education by directing them toward sham classes. Mecklenburg County Superior Court …
May 12, 2015
A school nutrition director in Tennessee has been suspended after serving 4- to 6-year-old pork to students. The Times News reports Mandy Kenner has been suspended for three days without pay after students at schools in Hawkins County, Tenn., were …
November 26, 2014
The parents of three Charleston, S.C. football players have filed a lawsuit claiming characterizations of the team’s controversial post-game watermelon ritual damaged their sons’ reputations. The Post and Courier of Charleston reported that the parents are suing the Charleston County …
November 26, 2014
The electronic devices that give students instant access to the world for educational purposes are also their conduit to social media, and that presents a host of problems for school administrators. Every school district in Lawrence, Limestone and Morgan counties …
November 17, 2014
West Virginia University last week suspended activities at its fraternities and sororities after a freshman suffered a “catastrophic medical emergency” at a frat house. Nolan Burch, 18, from Buffalo, New York, was found unresponsive and without a pulse on the …
November 9, 2014
Former University of North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to provide him and other athletes a quality education by guiding them toward sham classes. Online court records say a lawsuit …
November 2, 2014
Three one-time Tennessee Temple University employees have sued the school for alleged racial discrimination. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that Emmanuel Awotula, Dennis Clark and Jeffrey Davis filed a lawsuit in Hamilton County Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon. The …