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Retiring Kentucky AD Mitch Barnhart won’t take new high-paying role at school

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — Retiring Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart won’t take on a new high-paying role at the school after all, an announcement coming days after Gov. Andy Beshear questioned decision-making at the school that included Barnhart’s move. Barnhart and University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto issued statements Thursday confirming Barnhart wouldn’t become the executive-in-residence … Read more

School buses should all have alcohol tests to avoid drunken driving, NTSB recommends

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After a school bus rolled on a West Virginia highway two years ago, forcing one boy to have his leg amputated and seriously injuring two other children aboard, police quickly discovered the driver was drunk. But the National Transportation Safety Board then discovered something even more troubling: School bus drivers driving impaired was not an … Read more

Former Miss Hall’s School teacher faces rape charges in court

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The two women who led the charge to expose sexual abuse at a posh Massachusetts boarding and day school for girls say they will be in the courtroom Wednesday when the former teacher accused of raping them goes before a judge for the first time. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get … Read more

LAUSD votes to restrict screen time at school

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Top California Dem running for office tied to Chinese school accused of US diploma scandal

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, who is running for lieutenant governor, is facing blowback for promising jobs and internships to students at a China-based boarding school accused of committing diploma fraud in conjunction with a California school district, after the school’s founder poured tens-of-thousands of dollars into … Read more

Los Angeles becomes the first major school district to require screen time limits

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The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to restrict students’ use of laptops and tablets in class and encourage pen-and-paper assignments instead, making it the first major American school system to do so. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The sweeping resolution, which passed … Read more

Investigation finds former Ohio State president violated school policy

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State University’s recently resigned president violated school policy by attempting to help a woman with whom he had a close personal relationship get a job at the school and access the public institution’s resources, the school said in a report released Tuesday. The investigation was requested by the Ohio State’s trustees … Read more

Illegal immigrant Israel Flores Ortiz gets 360 days for groping girls at Fairfax County Va. High School

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel Flores Ortiz, 18, an illegal alien, was sentenced to 360 days on Tuesday after being convicted for groping several female classmates in Fairfax High School hallways earlier this year. With time served and the calculations for a misdemeanor, he has 135 days left in prison. Judge … Read more