COLUMBIA, Missouri, April 16 -- The University of Missouri School of Journalism issued the following news release: * * * Sports journalism course from SportsCenter alum John Anderson helps students broaden horizons, form industry connections * Grace Ainger at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She was one of six students Anderson brought to his hometown last April to cover the event. The Missouri Method of learning by doing meets decades of ESPN experience By Austin Fitzgerald  more PR

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 16 -- The Virginia Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * Virginia Department of Education Announces Members to Lead Educational Task Forces * RICHMOND, Va. -The Virginia Department of Education today announced new members and the reconvening of three key advisory bodies - the Mathematics Advisory Task Force, the Virginia Literacy Act Workgroup, and the Innovative Assessment Workgroup. New members were added in accordance with Executive Ord more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release: * * * 2026 W.Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award Winner- Robert Inman for the book "Villages" * Villages by Robert Inman is the winner of the 2026 W.Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award "for excellence in military fiction." The book was published by Livingston Press, an imprint of The University of West Alabama in 2025. The W.Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award honors the best American milita more PR

MONONA, Wisconsin, April 16 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * This Tax Day, Wisconsinites Are Paying the Tom Tiffany Tax While we pay higher costs because of the Tiffany tax, ironically he has a history of not paying any himself * MADISON, Wis. -- Amid the annual April 15 deadline to file income taxes, known to many as Tax Day, there's another tax Wisconsinites are paying this year: the Ti more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, April 17 -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * A million uncoordinated everyday decisions Binghamton University Distinguished Professor of Education and History Adam Laats places children at the center of his 'new' history of American public schools By Kim Mousseau For the most part, the history of America's public schools is an incomplete story. When we think about the evolution of public schools in the United States, we typically think of seminal  more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 16 [Category: Think Tank] -- The Buckeye Institute, an independent research and educational institution that says its mission is to advance free-market public policy, posted the following news release: * * * The Buckeye Institute Charges OAPSE with Unfair Labor Practice Case...Again! On Thursday, in another filing with the State Employment Relations Board (SERB)-the second in a week -The Buckeye Institute charged the Ohio Association of Public School Employees (OAPSE) wi more PR

BRONX, New York, April 17 (TNSrep) -- Fordham University School of Law issued the following news: * * * Feerick Center for Social Justice Releases Report Calling for Reforms of New York City's High School Application Process Fordham Law School's Feerick Center for Social Justice and New York Appleseed have released a report (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SKA4IJ0jcCHc8JNGUCuzz3LV10Skrl-k/view?usp=sharing) recommending a more transparent, better-resourced NYC high school admissions process t more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Kelly Lead Bill to Repeal Federal Private School Voucher Program, Keep Public Dollars in Public Schools * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) led 28 of their colleagues in introducing the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act, legislation that would repeal the school voucher provisions tucked into the Republican-passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act, more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 16 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Tennessee Bar Association posted the following commentary blog: * * * Legislature Sends Voucher Expansion to Governor * Tennessee will expand its universal voucher program to 35,000 students next school year after the Senate approved HB2532/SB2247 by a vote of 18-14. The bill now goes to Gov. Bill Lee for his consideration. The Senate initially sought to expand the program to 40,000, but agreed to move forward with the House number. more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 16 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Northeastern announces commencement speakers for 2026 ceremonies Singer and actress Hilary Duff will hit the commencement stage at Fenway Park to speak to undergraduate students on April 29. But commencement festivities go well beyond that.  By Cody Mello-Klein  A multiplatinum global superstar and a global entrepreneur are among the many speakers at Northeastern University commencements taking pla more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Collins Introduces Special Educator from Maine at Dyslexia Roundtable * Click HERE and HERE for individual photos. Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Ms. Belvill's testimony Click HERE to watch and HERE to download video of Senator Collins' question for Ms. Belvill on obstacles to early diagnosis of dyslexia WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins participated i more PR