June 20, 2018 Family of bullied girl who killed herself sues school district, claims principal 'humiliated' her For an entire school year, a 12-year-old girl endured merciless bullying online and in the hallways by cruel classmates whose taunts included, "When are you going to kill yourself?"
June 18, 2018 Maryland county settles lawsuit with transgender teen A Maryland county board of education has settled a lawsuit with a transgender teen that it tried to block from using certain locker rooms.
June 15, 2018 District could delay Lee School name change for new options A Tulsa school district wants to delay renaming a school named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee amid pushback that the new name doesn't go far enough.
June 14, 2018 Dartmouth professor retires in sex misconduct case One of three Dartmouth College psychology professors facing sexual misconduct allegations has chosen to retire following an investigation and recommendation that the school fire him, the school's president said Thursday.
June 13, 2018 5th-grader tells school board of bullying, gun threat A fifth-grade student in New Hampshire who wants to stop bullying has told her school board that she's been threatened to get shot in the head with an AK-47 assault rifle and buried in her backyard.
June 12, 2018 School chief mum at hearing on public defecation charge A school superintendent charged with public defecation is due in front of a New Jersey judge.
June 11, 2018 University of Missouri spent $1.3 million on PR firm to fix negative image after protests Mizzou can’t shake the negative image that contributed to the commonly used derogatory terms such as “safe space” and “snowflakes.” So the public university spent $1.3 million on a public relations firm to repair its negative image amid layoffs of 350 employees.
June 7, 2018 Kentucky board of education OKs Bible literacy standards The Kentucky Board of Education has unanimously approved "Bible literacy" standards for public schools after being challenged by the ACLU to keep Church and State separate, as required by the Constitution.
June 4, 2018 Class president banned from graduation after online posts A senior class president has been banned from his high school graduation in suburban Indianapolis because of menacing social media posts.
June 2, 2018 'Groundbreaking' 1st woman president of Smith College dies Jill Ker Conway, the first woman president of Smith College in Massachusetts, has died at age 83.