All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2019 // The high-profile failure of a Nike Inc. basketball shoe on Wednesday night was more than an epic embarrassment for the athletic brand. It could be a product-liability case.Duke University star freshman Zion Williamson...
Feb 21 2019 // The University of Illinois’ Gies College of Business has named Lynne McChristian and Corrie Proksa to lead its insurance and risk management programs.McChristian has been named director of the Office of Risk...
Feb 20 2019 // A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper falsely accused him of racist acts and instigating a confrontation with a Native American activist...
Feb 4 2019 // Emergency officials in West Virginia say a charter bus carrying a high school girls basketball team has rolled over, leaving 16 injured.News outlets report the bus was carrying a team from Martinsburg High School when it...
Feb 4 2019 // Montana parents are demanding more information about high levels of asbestos found in a University of Montana building that housed a preschool.The Missoulian reports that the university moved the preschool students to...
Jan 30 2019 // Insurance education scholarships are once again being made available to Missouri high school seniors and college students, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced.The deadline to apply for the Missouri Insurance...
Jan 30 2019 // Perhaps you’ve heard. On Feb. 3, the New England Patriots will face off against the Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl in Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. There has been a little bit about it on television and...
Jan 30 2019 // Duke University has suspended two fraternities and is limiting activities at a third pending a hazing investigation. Duke spokesman Keith Lawrence confirmed to The Herald-Sun on Saturday that Delta Tau Delta and Pi Kappa...
Jan 25 2019 // Oh, but we live in sour times. Next month’s Super Bowl will feature the Most Hated Team in Football against an opponent who got there because of the Worst Call in Playoff History. Of the hatred I have nothing at...
Jan 24 2019 // The estate of a girl killed and three other students wounded in a shooting at a Kentucky high school have filed suit against the school district and school officials, the teenage suspect and his mother and stepfather.The...
Jan 23 2019 // A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit accusing an Oklahoma school district of shielding a sexual predator and calling children liars.Perry Public Schools admitted liability for the “unwanted and unlawful...
Jan 15 2019 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group has promoted five in key leadership positions across the organization.Abel Travis has been promoted to vice president, Underwriting & Product Innovation. Prior to joining AF Group in...
Jan 11 2019 // A lawyer for a college student who was sexually assaulted at a fraternity “Date Night” party and then driven across campus and assaulted again asked a U.S. appeals court Tuesday to hold the public college...
Jan 9 2019 // Chicago State University has agreed to pay two professors $650,000 to end a lawsuit over their blog that criticized school leadership.The Chicago Tribune reports that professors Robert Bionaz and Phillip Beverly sued the...
Jan 7 2019 // Paramount Exclusive Insurance Services Inc. | Encino, CaliforniaJacob Barzivand started working as an insurance producer right after college at the age of 20. Now, at just 26, he’s built a sizable book of business in...
Jan 3 2019 // Six former employees of the Florida State Fire College have sued manufacturers of firefighting suppressants used at the training facility, saying they caused cancer or other diseases.The Ocala Star-Banner reports the...
Jan 3 2019 // The Wichita, Kansas, school district plans to pay up to $25,000 to settle a lawsuit with a student who fell on a wet floor at a middle school on a rainy day and broke his leg. The Wichita Eagle reports that a court hearing...
Dec 19 2018 // A study of hurricane-hit areas of the United States has revealed a trend of larger homes being built to replace smaller ones in the years following a storm.The research, led by the University of Southampton (UK) and...
Dec 19 2018 // A North Carolina school bus overturned after it was hit by a car on Monday, sending 13 middle school students to the hospital.Twelve of the students had minor injuries in the crash in Alexander County, while one was in...
Dec 13 2018 // Police at the University of Tennessee are investigating a fraternity after two women reported being drugged and sexually assaulted. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports the university sent a safety notice Friday around the...