Gov. Bill Haslam told participants in a school safety summit this week that the state is committed to doing what it can to provide better security at Tennessee schools. The event was organized to discuss current safety resources and practices …
A federal judge last week has ordered millions of dollars in restitution for the Toms River, N.J., regional school district stemming from a bribery and kickback scheme. Former Superintendent Michael Ritacco and the district’s former insurance broker, Francis Gartland, have …
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled against three former University of Southern Mississippi soccer coaches who claimed sexual harassment and sexual discrimination. The Hattiesburg American reported that the ruling reversed a 2008 Forrest County Circuit verdict that awarded a total …
A school district in California’s Central Valley is putting teens’ health at risk by failing to provide students with information about condoms and contraception, two parents and a coalition of groups said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday over the district’s …
New Department of Education figures show that New York City schools made 3,600 calls to the 911 emergency system to deal with non-suicide-related mental health problems during the last school year. That’s 17 students a day who were sent to …
A judge has denied an attempt by Newark’s school district to throw out a lawsuit stemming from the murders of three college-bound students in a schoolyard in 2007. Wednesday’s ruling means the suit against the district can move forward. The …
Nearly 500 school officials from across Virginia are expected to attend a conference on bullying prevention next week. The conference is set for June 20 at Charlottesville High School. Experts from Clemson University and the universities of Nebraska and Illinois …
The family of a former Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools student has filed a lawsuit, claiming school officials failed to shield their daughter from bullying. According to The Leaf-Chronicle, the civil lawsuit was filed in Clarksville by Carlos and Julie Ramos. The …
When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could do because the harassment occurred off campus. So the 14-year-old girl, Alex …
An exclusive western Massachusetts private school has settled a lawsuit brought by a former student who said she was sexually assaulted by a teacher when she was 16 and that the school did nothing about it. A spokeswoman for the …
