ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 8 [Category: Education] -- AASA, The School Superintendents Association, posted the following news release: * * * AASA Scholarships Awarded to Top Graduate Students Contact: Lara Wade Director of Communications Mobile: (813) 833-1498 lwade@aasa.org Alexandria, Va. - March 8, 2025 - AASA, The School Superintendents Association, is pleased to announce that seven of the nation's outstanding graduate students in educational administration have been selected t more PR

LONDON, England, March 8 -- City St George's, University of London issued the following news: * * * City St George's launch: how can AI contribute to the health of the nation The public launch of City St George's, University of London brought together experts across a range of disciplines to discuss AI and healthcare By Katie Hoggan (Communications Officer (Corporate)), Published Thursday, 6th March 2025 On Monday 3 March, City St George's, University of London officially launched to the pu more PR

SALEM, Oregon, March 7 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association issued the following news: * * * Class size bill doesn't add up to better learning environments for all students Bills to reduce class sizes have been a regular feature in the Oregon Legislature for at least 15 years. Everyone agrees Oregon wants smaller classes if we can achieve them. Session after session, class size bills have nearly all been shot down, though, because the math is simple: Smaller class s more PR

SHERWOOD PARK, Alberta, March 8 -- Employment and Social Development Canada issued the following news release: * * * Backgrounder: Biography, Jody Brennan, Executive Head, Employment Insurance Board of Appeal Jody Brennan has over three decades of experience working in various public-facing fields, including in the military, teaching, the Canadian public service, and the Alberta Court and Justice Services. Most recently, Jody has spent over half a decade at the Immigration and Refugee Board w more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee released the following testimony by Andrew S. Natsios, ex-administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, from a Feb. 13, 2025, hearing entitled "The USAID Betrayal": * * * Chairman Mast, Ranking Member Meeks, and members of this committee, I thank you for the opportunity to speak today on USAID. My comments today are my own; I am not representing the Bush School of Government and Public Service nor Texas A&M Universit more PR

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 3 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following commentary: * * * No DEI, No Diploma: Texas Colleges Force $100M Indoctrination Scheme into the Classroom By Tim Minella Public, taxpayer-supported universities across the country are forcing students to take courses instructing them in the poisonous tenets of "diversity, equity, and inclusion" (DEI) just to graduate. And even in Texas, students and taxpayers are being forced to subsidize these wasteful and destructive more PR

OTTAWA, Ontario, March 8 -- The Canadian Department of Justice announced the following judicial appointment: * * * Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces a judicial appointment in the province of Alberta The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 8 [Category: Education] -- AASA, The School Superintendents Association, posted the following news release: * * * Nashville, TN Superintendent Receives 20th Annual Save The Music Foundation Award for Distinguished Support of Music Education Award Presented During AASA's National Conference on Education New Orleans, LA - March 8, 2025 - Dr. Adrienne Battle of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, TN, is the 2025 recipient of the Save The Music Founda more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins' Statement on Passing of Thomas Moser Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement on the passing of acclaimed Maine furniture maker Thomas Moser: "Thomas Moser was a great teacher, artist, entrepreneur, and furniture maker. The business that bears his name that he and his wife Mary founded is known throughout the country and the world. His producti more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Here's a look at research generated by U.S. colleges and universities: 22 VCU Health Sciences Schools and Departments Rank in Top 50 for NIH Research Funding Baylor College of Medicine: ITSN1 Gene Linked to Risk of Parkinson's Disease Baylor University: Overwhelmed With Politics? Embrace a Political Detox Boston University School of Public Health: COVID-19, Five Years Later Clean Living: Lessons From a Chemical War'--NYU's Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu on the Recent History of  more ST

BIRMINGHAM, England, March 8 -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Wife Work: Invisible labour in academia and a call for accelerated action Professor Sarah Montano, Dr Inci Toral and Dr Sarah Percy address 'wife work' in academia in light of International Women's Day. As global gender parity progress remains slow, this International Women's Day we call on Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to 'accelerate action' and move to rectify the long-standing issues of ge more PR