The Faculty Executive Council of the Maricopa County Community College District claims in a federal complaint that the district and its board barred the council’s 936 members from discussing faculty association matters during business hours, in violation of the First Amendment.
Read moreA 54-year-old Spanish teacher with a hearing impairment claims in a federal discrimination suit that the school district in Beavercreek City, Ohio, unfairly transferred her to teach French, which “requires very discriminating ears,” in an effort to force her out of work.
Read moreAccusing the Milton Hershey School of barely disguising its sectarian activities, two former employees claim in a federal complaint that the philanthropic boarding school threatens its nonevangelical staff and students with “isolation, death, hell, and demonic possession.”
Read moreThe SEC brought a federal complaint against Steele Financial, saying the Indiana firm defrauded clients — many of them public schoolteachers — by selling them $13 million in high-risk securities without disclosing it stood to gain commissions as high as 18 percent.
Read moreA former student of a scandal-plagued South Carolina school sued producers of a documentary who altered his yearbook image to illustrate allegations of sexual abuse cover-ups.
Read moreA policy that the New York City Board of Education instituted earlier this year forces teachers to effectively abandon their right to attorney-client privilege in order to obtain legal representation, their union claims in court.
Read moreA former student filed a civil rights lawsuit against two Ohio school districts and a former teacher who groomed him for a sexual relationship and then had his baby, claiming school administrators knew what was going on but turned a blind eye.
Read moreA high school science teacher from Cincinnati has rowed solo across the Atlantic Ocean, setting a record for a west-to-east crossing.
Read moreA majority of Americans feel that higher education is in a downward spiral, the Pew Research Center reported Thursday, but Republicans and Democrats disagree on why.
Read moreA city in southeastern Tennessee held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday for the grand opening of a renovated museum dedicated to the Scopes “monkey trial,” the famous 1925 case that turned into a showdown over creationism and evolution.
Read moreTexas Governor Greg Abbott released a plan to address school and firearm safety Wednesday, calling for a more robust law enforcement presence in schools, getting more teachers licensed to carry firearms, and conducting mental health evaluations to identify students at risk of harming others.
Read moreAn Indiana middle school student armed with two handguns opened fire inside his science classroom Friday, authorities said, wounding a classmate and a teacher whose swift intervention was credited with saving lives.
Read moreAfter a tumultuous spring for U.S. teachers — marked by strikes and rallies in half a dozen states for higher pay and more school funding — a study released Tuesday shows nearly all educators spend their own money on classroom supplies.
Read moreA group representing Oklahoma teachers is asking the state’s highest court to stop an effort to overturn a tax-hike package to fund teacher pay raises the Legislature approved amid a national uprising of educators seeking more classroom money.
Read moreArizona Governor Doug Ducey early Thursday signed into law a portion of the state budget that will give teachers a 20 percent pay raise over the next three years, ending a six-day walkout by educators.
Read moreA teacher walkout in Arizona will extend into a sixth day after Arizona legislators on Wednesday failed to vote on a budget to grant educators a 20 percent raise.
Read moreOrganizers of a statewide walkout told Arizona teachers to return to classrooms Thursday if the Legislature, as expected, passes a proposed budget that will grant teachers a 20 percent raise by 2020.
Read moreArizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced a plan Friday afternoon to fund his proposal to increase teacher pay by 20 percent as educators ended a second day of protesting low salaries and poor education funding in the state.
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