NEW YORK, March 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Court Orders St. James Parish School District to Continue Desegregation Efforts * On Friday evening, a federal district court in Louisiana ruled in Banks v. St. James Parish School Board that the St. James Parish School Board remains in violation of a consent decree requiring it to desegregate its schools. Among other issues, the Board failed to implement a reading and mat more PR

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, March 2 -- Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid issued the following Weekly Reflections: * * * Hello Team FCPS, I am thrilled that we are beginning March this week, which I know is expected to come in like a lion though I appreciate perhaps a little less roar at this time ;>) It is definitely staying lighter and lighter each day!! And, we only have one week before we lose an hour as we spring forward into daylight savings time this coming weeke more PR

SALEM, Oregon, March 2 [Category: Education] -- The Oregon School Boards Association posted the following news: * * * OSBA executive director shares tips on effective board governance * City Club of Eugene Program Director Eric Dziura introduces the panel on Friday, Feb. 27, to talk about "Effective Public Governance Boards": (from left) Eugene City Councilor Randy Groves, Eugene Water & Electric Board President John Brown and OSBA Executive Director Emielle Nischik. (Photo by Jake Arnold, O more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 3 [Category: Religion] -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation posted the following news release: * * * FFRF to Sarasota Schools: bench the baseball team chaplain The Sarasota County Schools (Fla.) system must immediately stop an outside adult from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes from serving as a religious chaplain to a public school baseball team, asserts the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF has learned that North Port High School is permitting an adult more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 2 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Stein Celebrates Read Across America Day at Green Magnet Elementary School * Today Governor Josh Stein and First Lady Anna Stein visited Green Magnet Elementary School and read to students in celebration of Read Across America Day. The Governor and First Lady read The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi to a second-grade class and met with students and teachers. "Read Acros more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-California, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education, released the following opening statement from a Feb. 24, 2026, hearing 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 work during the 2024-2025 ac more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, March 3 -- The Liberty Justice Center issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Justice Center Sues State of Vermont Over Law Restricting Families' Access to Independent Schools The Liberty Justice Center filed a lawsuit challenging Vermont's recently enacted Act 73, a 2025 law that drastically restricts the state's historic town tuitioning system and unlawfully limits families' educational options, including access to religiously affiliated independent schools. For more PR

FARGO, North Dakota, March 3 -- North Dakota State University issued the following news: * * * NDSU College of Business students can now pursue an accelerated pathway to graduation Students in NDSU's College of Business now have an accelerated pathway to graduation through the Finish in Three program, an option that allows students in any business major to earn their bachelor's degree in three years. Designed for students who arrive at NDSU with college-level credits already completed, Fini more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, ranking minority member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news on March 2, 2026: * * * Sanders and Khanna Introduce Legislation to Tax Billionaire Wealth and Invest in Working Families Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share more PR

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on March 2, 2026: * * * Sanders and Khanna Introduce Legislation to Tax Billionaire Wealth and Invest in Working Families Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) today introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act, legislation that would establish a 5% annual wealth tax on the 938 billio more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 3 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: * * * VCU researchers partnering with public schools on math education The team includes faculty from the School of Education and the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics. By Sian Wilkerson A math equation might have a single answer, but math education can take multiple forms. Powered by a state grant, Virginia Commonwealth University researchers are partnering with five public school div more PR

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education released the following written testimony by Michele L. Blatt, state superintendent of schools of the West Virginia Department of Education, from a Feb. 24, 2026, hearing entitled "Building an AI-Ready America: Teaching in the AI Age" * * * Chair Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and Distinguished Members of the Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to submit written tes more PR