All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 8 2016 // Three University of Texas professors have filed suit in federal court, seeking to block the state’s “campus carry” law before it takes effect next month.The July 6 court filing came from sociology...
Jul 8 2016 // Officials say a construction worker has died after being electrocuted while working at a site on the campus of Shepherd University.Shepherd University officials said in a news release that the man was killed on campus on...
Jul 7 2016 // Almost half of all drivers on the nation’s roads are over the age of 65 and this number is projected to increase to 77 percent in the next 30 years. Adults over the age of 65 have the highest crash rate per mile...
Jul 7 2016 // The University of North Carolina has reached a settlement after a college football player said he suffered a concussion during an off-campus hazing incident. Citing a copy of the settlement it obtained June 21, the News...
Jul 7 2016 // After a $660,000 lawsuit, the Natchez-Adams School District will pay more for liability insurance in the coming school year.The Natchez Democrat reports the district will spend nearly $306,000 on insurance compared to...
Jul 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...
Jul 5 2016 // A federal lawsuit has been filed by five former high school football players and two parents against various employees of a western Ohio school district.The Lima News reported the suit alleges that two coaches at St. Marys...
Jul 5 2016 // On the Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend, Jack Jakubek, 22, was in the middle of the swim portion of the Nauset Beach lifeguard test that should have been a walk in the park for him. Jakubek was supremely fit, a...
Jul 1 2016 // A California school district has agreed to pay $10.5 million to a former student who suffered brain damage when he was mobbed while wearing a chicken costume at a pep rally.Kern County High School District agreed to the...
Jun 30 2016 // Out of the 11.6 million jobs created in the post-recession economy, 11.5 million went to workers with at least some college education, according to newly research from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the...
Jun 30 2016 // At first, the woman tried to hide her painkiller problem. She told the doctor that she still had pain from her past pregnancy, and that she just wanted a refill on her pain medication.After a few questions, though, she...
Jun 27 2016 // A federal judge has dismissed an Appalachian distillery’s lawsuit in a trademark dispute with the University of Kentucky, but the moonshine maker vowed to fight on.The case pits the state’s flagship university...
Jun 17 2016 // Three more women filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Baylor University on June 15, saying the school did nothing to help them after they reported being sexually assaulted on or near campus.The Baptist school in...
Jun 16 2016 // The University of Kentucky is developing the first ever concussion protocol for jockeys. The university announced a three-year study on Monday in partnership with the Jockeys’ Guild and several thoroughbred...
Jun 9 2016 // The University of Florida has prevailed in a lawsuit brought by a former faculty member.In the 2013 lawsuit Dana Peterson claimed he was denied a promotion to a director’s position because it was given to a...
Jun 8 2016 // The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) has selected four universities to receive the 2016 CAS University Award, an honor created to recognize schools doing exemplary work in preparing students for a career in the...
Jun 8 2016 // Those involved in a West Virginia University fracking project are praising its success after the first year.The Exponent Telegram reports WVU began the Marcellus Shale Energy Environmental Laboratory project last June. The...
Jun 6 2016 // The Title IX lawsuit filed against the University of Tennessee over its handling of sexual assault complaints has a scheduled trial date of May 22, 2018. The offices of lawyers from both sides of the suit confirmed Friday...
Jun 2 2016 // The family of an autistic teenager whose legs were broken when a teaching assistant physically restrained him will be paid $1.75 million by a Kentucky school district.The family did not sue the Jefferson County Public...
May 31 2016 // An attorney representing mechanics for a school bus company says the company has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a California lawsuit claiming they used unsafe buses to transport San Francisco students.The San...