All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 17 2017 // Authorities say a construction worker died after falling from the roof of a building at the University of Kentucky.Media reports say 47-year-old Michael Persichitti died after falling about 30 feet Friday at the site of...
Jan 13 2017 // A woman whose job it was to make change for cashiers at UAB Hospital dining areas has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after she was accused of stealing $1.1 million.Al.com reports that Kyejuana Avery was also ordered...
Jan 13 2017 // Nashville public school officials are going to study whether it’s practical to put seat belts on their school buses.The Tennessean reports that the Metro Nashville school board voted unanimously Tuesday night for...
Jan 11 2017 // No students were injured when a Tennessee school bus burst into flames shortly after its driver noticed smoke and unloaded 29 children on board.Alcoa City Schools Director Brian Bell says that at about 7 a.m. Monday, the...
Jan 10 2017 // A California community college has paid a $28,000 ransom after a hacker took student data hostage.The Los Angeles Daily News reported that 1,800 Los Angeles Valley College teachers and staff were locked out of their...
Jan 10 2017 // Three former Nevada high school football players have filed a federal lawsuit that says they had to leave the team after they challenged bullying from their coach.The lawsuit names the coach, Galena High School principal...
Jan 10 2017 // A former theater professor at Dixie State University in Utah who was found not guilty of assaulting a student is suing university faculty and staff members for more than $22 million over his termination.The Spectrum of St....
Jan 9 2017 // A Rhode Island lawmaker has introduced legislation that would put seat belts in school buses.Coventry Republican Rep. Robert Nardolillo introduced the bill Friday to require a three-point seat belt for every passenger...
Jan 9 2017 // Regents system universities in Kansas are reviewing earthquake insurance policies after several quakes were reported in the state this year.The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the universities’ chief financial...
Jan 6 2017 // Kinsale Insurance Co. (Kinsale), a subsidiary of Kinsale Capital Group, Inc., is now offering educational institution (school board) liability coverage through its Public Entity Division.The division targets...
Jan 6 2017 // Chicago State University has agreed to pay $1.3 million to end a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former administrator. The university’s insurance carrier will pay $847,000 in back pay and other compensation to...
Jan 6 2017 // Authorities in Florida say three Pinellas County school buses crashed on the first day back from winter break, though no students were injured.The Tampa Bay Times reports the crashes occurred Tuesday afternoon. The Florida...
Jan 3 2017 // Regents universities in Kansas are reviewing earthquake insurance policies after several quakes were reported in the state this year.The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the universities’ chief financial officers...
Dec 30 2016 // A lawsuit has accused a Washington school district of failing to protect a female special needs student from a male special needs classmate who sexually abused her in 2012.The News Tribune reported the lawsuit was filed...
Dec 30 2016 // Anthony F. Markel, vice chairman of the board at the Markel Corporation will be honored by The Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John’s University as the School of Risk Management’s 2016 Insurance...
Dec 27 2016 // Neighbors of Dartmouth College property where for years the Ivy League school disposed of mice and other small animals used in science experiments say they fear pollution from the site has contaminated their groundwater...
Dec 22 2016 // The University of Cincinnati has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a student who said she was told she had to sit and work with other female students and not with male students in a physics lab. U.S. District Judge Susan...
Dec 21 2016 // The 24-year-old driver in a Tennessee school bus crash that killed six children was speeding about 20 miles per hour over the 30 mile-per-hour limit, police testified Dec. 14, drawing tears from their families in...
Dec 20 2016 // The Academy of Art University in San Francisco has agreed to a $60 million settlement with the city aimed at bringing the school’s many illegally converted buildings into compliance with local rules.The San Francisco...
Dec 15 2016 // A state appeals court in Cleveland, Ohio, has ruled that the widow of a former Notre Dame football player can proceed with claims in a lawsuit that said her husband was disabled by and ultimately died from...