CHICAGO, Illinois, April 8 [Category: Education] -- Chicago Teachers Union issued the following news release: * * * CTU President Stacy Davis Gates Applauds Chicago Board of Education Resolution Rejecting Privatization, Calls on Pritzker to Back Public Schools * CHICAGO -A Statement from the Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Jackson Potter on the Chicago School Board's resolution urging Pritzker to reject public funds for private schools: "Across the country, the school privatization i more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release: * * * Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Third Round of Moms Demand Action Volunteers Running for Office Across Five States * Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced endorsements of Moms Demand Action volunteers running for office in Arkansas, Illinois, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. The third round of endorsements ahead of the 2026 midterms, today's announcement  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on April 8, 2026: * * * ICYMI: Democrats Notch Major Victories as Voters Reject Trump's Toxic Economic Agenda and War of Choice in Iran From Congress to school boards, Democrats have been overperforming and winning at record rates since Trump retook office, and last night's elections were no exception. Once again, Democratic enthusiasm swept across the country as Democrats defeated their right-wing oppo more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 9 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release on April 8, 2026: * * * Chicago Public Schools could get massive federal funding boost to help students if state opts in The CPS Board of Education could vote today to reject the help for Chicago students * The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education plans to vote today on a resolution urging Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reject opting into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program. The program would a more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Roy Urges Feds to Roll Back Obama-Era Ban on Collecting Immigration Data in Schools * April 8, 2026 Press Release Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Chip Roy sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon and Education Secretary Linda McMahon urging the two federal agencies to rescind an Obama-era policy that has prevented states from collecting basi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 8 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Calls On the Trump Administration to Investigate Maryland Public School for Concealing "Gender Transition" Information from Parents * America First Legal (AFL) has filed a formal federal complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Education against Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Rockville, Maryland more PR

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * CUNY SPH holds fast among top 8% ranked public health schools nationwide * In the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings published Tuesday, CUNY SPH stands at #18 out of 224 ranked schools and programs of public health in the United States, featuring among the top 8%. For the sixth consecutive year, we remain the top public school of public heal more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 9 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release on April 8, 2026: * * * Chicago Public Schools could get massive federal funding boost to help students if state opts in The CPS Board of Education could vote today to reject the help for Chicago students * The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education plans to vote today on a resolution urging Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reject opting into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program. The program would a more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, April 8 -- Rice University posted the following news release: * * * New Rice study explains shifting school enrollment across Houston region * In Houston and other parts of the country, some public school districts are seeing declining enrollment, but the story is more complex than fewer students. A new report from the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) at Rice University's Kinder Institute for Urban Research offers a clearer answer to a question many district lea more PR