All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 5 2018 // A former Tennessee school bus driver was found guilty Thursday of six counts of criminally negligent homicide in a wreck that killed six children.A Hamilton County Criminal Court jury convicted Johnthony Walker of lesser...
Mar 5 2018 // A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Sunflower County Sheriff’s...
Feb 28 2018 // Public school officials in suburban Oklahoma City have approved a private financial settlement with a food distribution company accused of fraudulently overcharging the district by more than $700,000.Terms of the...
Feb 27 2018 // Officials say a data breach at the University of Alaska has impacted dozens of current and former employees and students.KTVA-TV reported that a university statement says security officials first started looking into the...
Feb 23 2018 // A private school system in Honolulu, Hawaii has agreed to pay $80 million to the victims of a doctor accused of sexually abusing students and other patients for decades.Kamehameha Schools has also agreed to create new...
Feb 23 2018 // The parents of a Florida State University fraternity pledge who died of alcohol poisoning after a party have filed a civil suit against those who have a connection in their son’s death.Thomas and Sandra Coffey are...
Feb 19 2018 // A man is suing a popular tavern near the University of Oregon, claiming a freak injury at the bar has left him unable to pursue “a host of attractive, lucrative careers” in music and medicine. Winston Martin...
Feb 15 2018 // A federal lawsuit alleges a Prairie View A&M University coach helped a male student accused of sexual assault flee Texas to avoid arrest.An unidentified female athlete filed the lawsuit in Houston. It accuses the...
Feb 12 2018 // A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Sunflower County Sheriff’s...
Feb 9 2018 // The University of Arizona’s public health college and its mineral resources institute will use a $1.6 million grant to help improve mine safety training.The federal grant announced this week will be used to develop...
Feb 7 2018 // The Eugene School District in Oregon has paid $24,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a parent whose child was attacked at school. Olga Telsheva sought $625,000 when the suit was filed last year. She alleged that officials...
Feb 5 2018 // A South Carolina school district has sued an insurance brokerage and several insurance companies, saying the district was sold excessive policies and charged too much.The Berkeley County School District filed suit in U.S....
Feb 5 2018 // The University of Pittsburgh has suspended a fraternity and temporarily barred all Greek life organizations from hosting events with alcohol after a student was hospitalized in an “alcohol-related...
Feb 2 2018 // A huge increase in the number of man-made earthquakes in Oklahoma, is strongly linked to the depth at which wastewater from the oil and gas industry is injected into the ground, according to a new study involving the...
Feb 1 2018 // Authorities say a 6-year-old girl has died after a school bus she was riding in overturned in Georgia.Five other people were injured in the crash Monday afternoon. Warner Robins Assistant Police Chief John Wagner tells...
Jan 31 2018 // A man is suing a popular tavern near the University of Oregon, claiming a freak injury at the bar has left him unable to pursue “a host of attractive, lucrative careers” in music and medicine. The...
Jan 30 2018 // University of Arizona Provost Andrew Comrie is facing scrutiny following a $2 million federal lawsuit filed by former Dean Patricia MacCorquodale over gender discrimination.The Arizona Daily Star reports the lawsuit made...
Jan 29 2018 // Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University on Jan. 27 for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing...
Jan 25 2018 // School officials in central Iowa have reached a nearly $1 million settlement with a former employee who alleged he was wrongfully fired after reporting improper conduct by a high-ranking district officer.The Waukee Board...
Jan 25 2018 // The University of Pittsburgh has suspended a fraternity and temporarily barred all Greek life organizations from hosting events with alcohol after a student was hospitalized in an “alcohol-related...