All the headlines from our Education Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 29 2023 // More than 20 years of cell cultures and other specimens stored at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were destroyed when a cleaner switched off power to a lab freezer, according to a lawsuit filed by the school.RPI is...
Jun 20 2023 // Verona Area School District in Madison, Wisconsin will pay $450,000, raise salaries, and furnish other relief to settle a pay discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the...
Jun 20 2023 // The University of Delaware has agreed to pay $6.3 million to settle a lawsuit over its campus shutdown in 2020 and the halting of in-person classes because of the coronavirus pandemic.According to court papers that were...
Jun 15 2023 // University of Nevada, Las Vegas announced the establishment of the Kerestesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management within the Lee Business School.The center, made possible through a $5 million gift from the Nevada...
Jun 6 2023 // Sacramento and the city’s school district will pay more than $52 million to settle lawsuits alleging negligence by officials after an aide pleaded guilty to sexually abusing at least eight elementary school students...
Jun 1 2023 // A school bus collided with a tanker truck in South Carolina, sending at least 18 people, mostly children, to the hospital, authorities said.The bus was carrying 36 passengers when it collided with the tanker at about 4 p....
May 30 2023 // A college baseball player died after he was struck in the face when a makeshift dugout he was helping to dismantle collapsed on him this week.Angel Mercado, 19, was a middle infielder who had just completed his freshman...
May 25 2023 // A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.The 2-1...
May 23 2023 // Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work...
May 19 2023 // Workers in Georgia at one of the nation’s largest school bus manufacturers have voted to unionize.Employees at Blue Bird Corp. chose to be represented by the United Steelworkers union by a vote of 697-435, according...
May 17 2023 // An Ohio man who was the first person with Down syndrome to play and score a point in a college football game is now suing the school, its president and several staffers.Caden Cox alleges he was the target of disability...
May 15 2023 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it is awarding $1 million in grants to 10 colleges across Texas to fund workplace safety courses for business owners, employees and the general public. Texas Mutual began its...
May 10 2023 // Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura and Wisconsin safety Kamo’i Latu have settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who said the two sexually assaulted her in 2018 after a football game at their Hawaii high school.A Hawaii...
May 9 2023 // The Alliant Insurance Foundation, in partnership with Southern University, the Louisiana Department of Insurance, and the Spencer Educational Foundation, has launched its first initiative, funding a risk management and...
May 3 2023 // A former Florida college administrator has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison for defrauding the school out of $155,000 during a website redesign project.Brian Carroll, 47, of New Market,...
May 1 2023 // COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Part of a house collapsed and 14 people were injured near The Ohio State University Saturday evening when people climbed onto a roof that was not designed to hold significant weight, authorities...
Apr 28 2023 // The family of a man who was fatally struck by a vehicle driven by former Syracuse University basketball coach Jim Boeheim in 2019 has agreed to settle a lawsuit against Boeheim and the university, according to court...
Apr 25 2023 // An early morning fire destroyed part of a large high school in the southern Idaho city of Pocatello last week.No one was injured in the fire, but Pocatello Fire Department Assistant Chief Shane Grow said one wing of...
Apr 10 2023 // A federal court has rejected a proposed class action by students against Boston University over alleged damages they suffered due to cutbacks by the school during the Covid-19 pandemic.The students sought a refund of...
Apr 5 2023 // A lawsuit against the University of Delaware over its campus shutdown and halting of in-person classes because of coronavirus can proceed as a class action on behalf of thousands of students who were enrolled and paid...