ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 8 -- The Arlington Public Schools issued the following news: * * * School Board Selects Chair and Vice Chair for 2026-27 The Arlington School Board held its annual organizational meeting for the 2026-27 school year on Tuesday, July 7, electing Miranda Turner as Chair and Kathleen Clark as Vice Chair. The terms begin immediately and will continue through June 30, 2027. Turner succeeds Bethany Zecher Sutton, who served as School Board Chair during the 2025-26 school year. Turner began her remarks by thanking the boa more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 8 -- The Arlington Public Schools issued the following news: * * * Arlington School Board Extends Superintendent's Contract Through 2030 The Arlington School Board has unanimously approved a four-year renewal of Superintendent Dr. Francisco Duran's contract, reaffirming its confidence in his leadership and the continued progress of Arlington Public Schools (APS). The contract provides leadership continuity as APS continues advancing its Strategic Plan and building on strong student outcomes, operational excellence  more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 8 -- The Arlington Public Schools issued the following news: * * * School Board Selects Chair and Vice Chair for 2026-27 The Arlington School Board held its annual organizational meeting for the 2026-27 school year on Tuesday, July 7, electing Miranda Turner as Chair and Kathleen Clark as Vice Chair. The terms begin immediately and will continue through June 30, 2027. Turner succeeds Bethany Zecher Sutton, who served as School Board Chair during the 2025-26 school year. Turner began her remarks by thanking the boa more PR

WASHINGTON, July 8 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * EXCLUSIVE: Santa Fe Mother Says School Chose Gender Ideology Over Her Daughter's Privacy * SANTA FE, NM - In New Mexico, frustration among parents continues to grow over plummeting literacy scores, lack of transparency, and ideological agendas in classrooms. Today, Independent Women's Features (IW Features), the grassroots storytelling and investigative journalism division of Independent Women, released another exclusive more PR

MADISON, Wisconsin, July 8 -- The Freedom From Religion Foundation issued the following news release: * * * FFRF ends teacher-led religious club, missionary assembly in Pa. school district The Freedom From Religion Foundation has persuaded the West Chester Area School District, located in Exton, Pa., to stop a teacher from leading a religious club and pressuring students to advance an explicitly Christian religious organization. FFRF learned that a social studies teacher was leading a religious club for students in his classroom every Thurs more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 8 [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 Takes 3rd Union Wage Theft Case to Ohio Supreme Court * On Wednesday, The Buckeye Institute filed its brief asking the Ohio Supreme Court to accept jurisdiction in DuPuis v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and either hold it pending the court's decision in  more PR

OLYMPIA, Washington, July 8 -- The office of the Washington State Auditor issued the following performance audit report entitled "Kalama School District No 402 - Financial." Here are excerpts: * * * Board of Directors Kalama School District No. 402 Kalama, Washington We have audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial stateme more PR