FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * FCPS School Board Approves Fiscal Year 2027-31 Capital Improvement Program to Modernize Schools and Support Growing Communities The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) School Board approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027-31 Capital Improvement Program (CIP), a comprehensive five-year roadmap for capital investments that will strengthen learning environments, support student success, and address criti more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Feb. 25 -- Fairfax County Public Schools issued the following news: * * * FCPS This Week - February 25, 2025 * A second grade student at Columbia Elementary School enjoys practicing math concepts with toothpicks and modeling dough. Follow the Budget Process The School Board is scheduled to vote to adopt the Fiscal Year 2027 Advertised Budget at its Thursday, February 26, meeting. View the full meeting agenda (link is external) on BoardDocs, where the budget docu more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- Hudson Institute, a research organization that says it promotes leadership for a secure, free and prosperous future, issued the following commentary on Feb. 25, 2026, by Paul Marshall, senior fellow at the Center for Religious Freedom to the ReligionUnplugged: * * * Appeals Court That Declined to Block Ten Commandments Law Got It Right The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Louisiana could proceed to implement its law HB 71, which requires that all public schools more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Center for Public Policy Research issued the following news release: * * * Black Conservatives React to State of the Union Address * Washington, D.C. - Following President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address, ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership network are responding to the President's remarks and policy initiatives. Michael Austin, Project 21 Ambassador and Economic Consultant: Tonight, Pre more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, issued the following statement on Feb. 24, 2026, at the fourth hearing in a series examining AI entitled "Building an AI-Ready America: Teaching in the AI Age": * * * "AI is transforming schools across America. According to a Walton Family Foundation report, 60 percent of U.S. public school teachers used an AI tool for their w more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * EXCLUSIVE NEW DOCUMENTARY: Inside New Mexico's Failing School System * ALBUQUERQUE, NM -In the northwest corner of New Mexico near a Native American reservation, a veteran educator, who has spent over two decades watching her state's education system unravel from the inside. Today, Independent Women's grassroots storytelling and investigative journalism arm, Independen more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 25 -- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: * * * Gov. Whitmer's 2026 State of the State Address as Prepared for Delivery * Proposes action on literacy, housing, health care, highlights strong record of accomplishments over past seven years to move Michigan forward LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer will deliver her eighth and final State of the State address at the Michigan House Chamber in front of a joint session of t more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 25 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Meet the student who helped investigate JFK's assassination * He went to work at the National Archives and wound up investigating JFK's assassination A co-op at the National Archives unexpectedly led Ray Shurtleff to work on the Warren Commission's investigation of Kennedy's assassination as a 21-year-old college student. by Cody Mello-Klein February 25, 2026 On Nov. 22, 1963, Ray Shurtleff was s more PR

MOUNT PROSPECT, Illinois, Feb. 24 [Category: Business] -- The National Sporting Goods Association posted the following news: * * * Three Members of Sporting Goods Industry Indicted for Bid-Rigging Scheme in Mississippi * DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS (February 24, 2026) - NSGA has learned that a federal grand jury indicted three members of the sporting goods industry on February 11 for a bid-rigging conspiracy involving the sale of sports equipment to public schools in Mississippi, according to a  more PR

PENSACOLA, Florida, Feb. 26 -- The University of West Florida, a component of public state university system in Florida, issued the following news release: * * * UWF Center for Behavior Analysis delivers specialized support at Escambia Westgate School The University of West Florida Center for Behavior Analysis has launched a new hands-on learning opportunity for graduate students through a new internship partnership with Escambia Westgate School, a local public school serving pre-K through hi more PR