MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 10 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the school board in Bakersfield, Calif., to reject a proposal to display the Ten Commandments in every school classroom. A concerned Kern County parent alerted FFRF that on Dec. 17, the Kern County Board of Education will be considering the proposal. The board will hear two presentations, one about the so-called "historic more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Steve Daines, R-Montana, issued the following news release: U.S. SENATE U.S. Senator Steve Daines today issued the following statement thanking Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) for his service to Montana. "I'd like to thank Senator Tester for his 25 years of public service to the people of Montana. Jon's career is an illustration of what makes America so special. Big Sandy is a small town of less than a thousand people in northern Montana, and it was there that Senator T more PR

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, Dec. 11 -- The Alliance Defending Freedom issued the following news release: * * * ADF attorneys favorably settle case with Harrisonburg school board, officials agree they will not require teachers to use pronouns that are inconsistent with a student's sex * * * HARRISONBURG, Va. - To settle a lawsuit brought by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three Virginia teachers, the Harrisonburg City School Board agreed to respect the teachers' constitutionally pr more PR

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, New York, Dec. 11 -- Bard College issued the following news release: Bard College has been awarded a $500,644 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop accelerated, early college science instruction at its four Bard Early College public high schools in New York City. This grant enables Bard Early College to create the infrastructure for a more robust science program and deeper engagement with the sciences for Bard High School Early Colleges (BHSEC) students and f more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, Dec. 10 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the school board in Bakersfield, Calif., to reject a proposal to display the Ten Commandments in every school classroom. A concerned Kern County parent alerted FFRF that on Dec. 17, the Kern County Board of Education will be considering the proposal. The board will hear two presentations, one about the so-called "historic more PR

NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- LatinoJustice PRLDEF issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: WASHINGTON, D.C. - For a second time this year, the Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition to take up a case that sought to undo public school districts' efforts to expand educational opportunity to Black and Latinx students who are chronically under-identified and under-represented in the nation's highly selective publicly funded high schools. The Court rejected the petition from a group of par more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The Harvard University Center for Education Policy Research and the Stanford University Educational Opportunity Project issued a 33-page report in June 2024 entitled "Federal Pandemic Relief and Academic Recovery." The report was written by Dan Dewey and Thomas J. Kane of Harvard University, Erin Fahle and Sean F. Reardon of Stanford University and Douglas O. Staiger of Dartmouth College. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Introduction Since the beginning of the War on Pover more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Ian V. Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, from a Dec. 4, 2024, hearing entitled "Back to Basics: America's Founding, Civics, and Self-Government in K-12 Curricula": * * * On September 12, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at the request of the New York Civil War Commission at the Centennial Celebration more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following testimony by Brian Kennedy, director of legislative affairs at the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, from a Dec. 4, 2024, hearing entitled "Back to Basics: America's Founding, Civics, and Self-Government in K-12 Curricula": * * * Chairman Bean, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Members of the Committee, thank you for the op more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Richmond issued the following news release: Pippa Holloway, Cornerstones Chair in History at the University of Richmond, has received funding from the National Park Service for an exploration of the history of public school desegregation in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In partnership with Professor Brian Daugherity at VCU, Holloway will synthesize scholarly literature and compile a guide to archival resources on Davis v. Prince Edwar more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 11 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * This additional investment brings total state support to nearly $2 billion under Gov. Youngkin's leadership and an estimated $3.4 billion including contributions from local governments and federal matching funds * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin has announced an additional $290 million budget investment to further support school construction and modernization across the Comm more PR