All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 21 2022 // The Los Angeles Unified School District agreed to pay $14.7 million to seven former students at an elementary school who claim their teacher sexually abused them several years ago.Rene Tenas, who taught fourth grade at...
Jan 18 2022 // Heavy snow during a winter storm Sunday caused part of a roof to collapse on a dorm at Brevard College, but all 50 students inside got out safely, authorities said.Emergency crews responded to Jones Hall just after 3 p.m....
Jan 5 2022 // Former University of Evansville basketball coach Walter McCarty is suing the school, saying it owes him more than $75,000 under the terms of the contract he signed four years ago.The federal lawsuit filed Dec. 20 alleges...
Dec 28 2021 // The 10 students in Stephen Tate’s cybersecurity fundamentals class are unwitting multitaskers.In addition to preparing to pass the Computing Technology Industry Association’s Security+ exam – an exam...
Dec 16 2021 // The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was shot in the neck at Oxford High School during a mass shooting that left four students dead filed a pair of lawsuits seeking $100 million each against a Michigan school district,...
Dec 6 2021 // A Liberty University associate professor has been charged with sexual battery and abduction involving an alleged incident with a student, according to court records and the university.Liberty University police arrested...
Dec 1 2021 // The family of two close friends from suburban Chicago who were killed at the Astroworld concert in Houston this month have filed wrongful death lawsuits against rapper Travis Scott, the Live Nation entertainment company...
Dec 1 2021 // Virginia’s largest school district has reached a settlement with parents and advocacy groups over the treatment of students with disabilities.The Washington Post reported that the settlement effectively ends more...
Dec 1 2021 // Indianapolis Public Schools has become the latest Indiana school district to join a lawsuit that accuses e-cigarette giant Juul Labs of marketing its vaping products to young people.IPS is one of hundreds of U.S. school...
Nov 22 2021 // The three men killed in a fiery West Texas crash involving a school bus carrying members of a high school band included the band director, the Texas Department of Public Safety said Saturday.Andrews High School band...
Nov 18 2021 // A suburban Kansas City, Kansas, school district secretly agreed earlier this year to pay $295,000 to the family of an Olathe elementary student who was stalked by a now-jailed former teacher.Olathe Public Schools finalized...
Nov 16 2021 // Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the handling of sexual misconduct accusations.The evangelical Virginia school filed its...
Nov 4 2021 // The University of Alabama is no longer requiring face coverings in most of its facilities for people who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.Beginning Friday, masks will be mandated only for unvaccinated people...
Oct 27 2021 // A former spokesperson for Liberty University is suing the evangelical Virginia school after being fired, alleging in a lawsuit that his termination came in retaliation for voicing concerns that sexual misconduct...
Oct 13 2021 // Johnson & Wales University is suing its insurer over financial losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic, alleging the company breached its contract because it did not allow the university to claim pandemic-related...
Oct 12 2021 // A parent has sued a southeastern Wisconsin school district after her son contracted COVID-19 from a classmate.The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that Shannon Jensen filed the lawsuit in federal court against the...
Oct 8 2021 // The Ohio school board’s order requiring a giant, now-defunct online charter school to repay the state $60 million over inflated enrollment figures is final and cannot be appealed, the state Supreme Court ruled.In a...
Oct 7 2021 // Many Kansas school districts aren’t taking basic steps to protect their computer systems and the privacy of sensitive information collected about students, according to a legislative audit release.The report from the...
Oct 6 2021 // Syracuse University will pay $3.7 million to settle a lawsuit brought by five female faculty members who claimed they were paid less than their male counterparts who held equivalent positions.The settlement entered in...
Oct 1 2021 // College athletes who earn millions for their schools are employees, the National Labor Relations Board’s top lawyer said in guidance released Wednesday that would allow players at private universities to unionize and...