A class-action lawsuit resurrected against the Pinellas County School Board for shortchanging the county’s black students appears to be stuck in limbo. 7 Months Ago Lawyers representing Concerned Organization for Quality Education for Black Students, or COQEBS, shared at a meeting this week that a hearing scheduled for last week was canceled and deemed unnecessary. A judge told both parties — …
Gilroy teacher Douglas Le, 25, of San Jose, was arrested April 26, 2016 by San Jose Police on suspicion of utilizing the internet to solicit harmful matter from minors. Le was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail and faces two felony counts of child enticement …
The district joined three other Twin Cities-area districts in being added to an amended civil complaint filed in State District Court in Ramsey County. The lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of certain state teachers’ laws that plaintiffs say protect ineffective teachers and perpetuate achievement gaps. Four parents are listed as plaintiffs, including Duluth’s Bonnie Dominguez, who claims …
A father says his 15-year-old son was walking between classes at Desert Oasis High School one morning in January 2014, listening to music in his headphones, when an older classmate attacked him from behind and sent him to the hospital with a broken nose, a concussion and a head wound that required seven staples. Now James Hensley, the boy’s father, is pursuing a lawsuit that accuses the Clark …
Violence has become a routine part of life for many students in New York City schools. There’s ample data to prove it, but even more powerful are the stories of the students affected by this epidemic of violence — the 8-year-old boy who stabbed his ear with a pencil to block out his peers’ taunts, the 11-year-old girl who eats lunch in the bathroom to avoid her longtime bully and the 13-year-…
Long Beach Middle School parents on Thursday filed a $10 million federal lawsuit against the Long Beach school district, alleging physical and sexual abuse of a student with autism by a special education teacher. Attorneys with the Garden City law firm Gerstman Schwartz Malito filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District of U.S. District Court in Central Islip against the district and several…
The lawsuit accuses Mayor Bill de Blasio’s education department of failing to keep children safe in schools. Ten parents backed by a powerful charter-school advocacy group have sued New York City schools, alleging that the nation’s largest school system has failed to address escalating levels …
A jury has ruled against a 37-year-old graduate of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law who claimed that the school defrauded her when she attended nearly a decade ago, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported. A San Diego, California, jury ruled 9-3 in favor of the school, handing a victory to TJSL — since civil cases in that state don’t require a unanimous jury vote. During the trial, a lawyer for …
Northern Illinois Huskies players walk onto the field prior to a game against Central Michigan Chippewas at Huskie Stadium. (Photo: Mike Dinovo, USA TODAY Sports) 64 CONNECTTWEET8 LINKEDIN3 COMMENTEMAILMORE The Seattle-based law firm leading a variety of class-action lawsuits against the NCAA on Tuesday opened another front against the association, this time challenging the association’s rules …
On Monday, lawyers for Thomas Jefferson School of Law (TJSL), were in court to defend the school against allegations it manipulated post-graduation statistics. That’s noteworthy as it’s the first case to go to trial accusing a law school of intentionally using inflated post-graduation employment figures and salaries in order to defraud applicants. The case centers on Anna Alaburda, a 37-year- …