BURBANK, California, April 16 -- ABC, a division of Walt Disney, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: * * * WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 9:00-9:32 p.m. EDT - Abbott Elementary: "Double Date" (311) Logline: Two teachers head out on a double date, but when they run into familiar bar patrons, it proves to be an unfortunate distraction. At Ava's first book club meeting, the group ends up in a debate over who would be the best post-apocalyptic leader. (TV-PG) Watch episodes next day on Hulu.  more

CUMBERLAND, Maryland, April 16 -- The Allegany County Public Schools issued the following news on April 15, 2024: The FFA chartering ceremonies for Future Farmers of America (FFA) for both Fort Hill and Mountain Ridge High Schools were held on March 26. With the exception of Allegany High Schools chapter last year, Allegany County has not had an FFA Chapter since 2011. These two chapters are a result of hard work between Allegany County Public Schools and the community of Allegany County. "It   more

MUNICH, Germany, April 16 -- The Technical University of Munich issued the following news: Authentic, responsible, and courageous: lecturers have to bring their whole personality to bear to not only pass on course content to students but to enable them to immerse themselves in a fascinating world of knowledge. Around 6,000 teachers at the Technical University of Munich face this challenge daily. Eight of them have now received special recognition with the Prize for Excellence in Teaching from t  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- Barnard College issued the following news: Back when she was a graduate student at Yale planning her life trajectory, Anne Higonnet couldn't have predicted that the study of clothing would become one of the defining pillars of her career. All she knew was that anything she put forth had to have its own unique spin -- she even promised herself that she would never write the same kind of book twice. Her goal was, and has always been, to break the untold narratives of history  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 16 -- The BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Foundation issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing commitment to supporting education, the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation will provide $50,000 per year to fund the BlueSky Technology Academies at Red Bank and Soddy Daisy High Schools for five more years, extending and evolving a partnership that began in 2019. "We know how important public education is to the health of our community  more

ARCATA, California, April 16 (TNSres) -- The California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt issued the following news: * * * Cal Poly Humboldt faculty and student researchers are joining a nationwide effort to save a critically endangered keystone species along the West Coast of North America. * * * The research is in partnership with The Birch Aquarium at Scripps, the California Academy of Sciences, the Sunflower Star Laboratory, The Nature Conservancy, Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquari  more

HANOVER, New Hampshire, April 16 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: For the second year running, Dartmouth is offering a weeklong exploration of mindfulness with senior monastic teachers in the Plum Village tradition of scholar, poet, peace activist, and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh. Embodying Mindfulness: A Week of Monastic Wisdom at Dartmouth, set for April 22 to 28, will include classroom visits, meditation practice, lectures, and retreats led by teachers from Deer Park Monastery  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 16 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following attestation examination (No. 2024-193) on April 11, 2024, involving St. Lucie County District School Board - Florida Education Finance Program. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF ATTESTATION EXAMINATION Except for the material noncompliance described below involving teachers and reporting errors or records that were not properly or accurately prepared or were not available at the time of our examination and  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, issued the following news release: Gabriela Gualano, teacher librarian at Paul Revere Middle School in Los Angeles, California, is the recipient of the 2024 American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Frances Henne Award. Sponsored by Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited, the $1,250 award recognizes a school librarian with five years or less experience who demonstrates l  more

COVENTRY, England, April 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Warwick issued the following news release: Games may be the secret to learning numbers based subjects like maths and economics, according to new research. Many students say they struggle with subjects like economics and statistics, with 83 per cent of university courses in these subjects taught using a traditional lecturing approach. However, new research has shown that by including games in the teaching of these subjects, student achi  more

HOLLAND, Michigan, April 16 -- Hope College issued the following news: Baccalaureate and Commencement for Hope College's Class of 2024 are scheduled for Sunday, May 5. Commencement will take place at 3 p.m. at Ray and Sue Smith Stadium, and Baccalaureate at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel. The Commencement speaker will be the Rev. Shomari Tate, chaplain of discipleship at Hope. The Baccalaureate speaker will be Dr. Vicki-Lynn Holmes, associate professor of mathematics and e  more

POCATELLO, Idaho, April 16 -- Idaho State University issued the following news: Each year the Idaho State University College of Education hosts an annual Celebrating Excellence event to honor deserving faculty, staff, alumni, and advancement partners of the College for their significant accomplishments and commitment to excellence in education. This year's Celebrating Excellence event is scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024, in the Idaho Central Credit Union Bengal Alumni Center. The research p  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 16 -- The Illinois Policy Institute issued the following news release: The current Chicago Teachers Union contract expires June 30, 2024, and a leaked 142-page draft outlines what Chicagoans can expect the union to demand in that upcoming contact. Analysis from the Illinois Policy Institute shows (https://illinoispolicy.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7fe208d3c85ffa1d03aeaade4&id=3f28d7ba2e&e=56be2d2c7d) the union's demands fall far outside the traditional bargaining  more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- Barnard College issued the following news: Rebecca L. Walkowitz -- a dedicated scholar and teacher and currently the Dean of Humanities and distinguished professor in the Department of English at Rutgers University's School of Arts and Sciences -- has been named Barnard College's new Provost and Dean of the Faculty. Walkowitz will assume the new role on June 1. Walkowitz, who specializes in the study of global modernism, contemporary Anglophone and multilingual fiction, w  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and civil rights attorneys Mike Laux and Austin Porter Jr. filed an amended complaint and accompanying motion for preliminary injunction against Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the state of Arkansas on behalf of Arkansas State Conference of the NAACP, two Little Rock teachers and two students attending the historic C  more

FORT MYERS, Florida, April 16 -- The Lee County School District issued the following news: The School District of Lee County is excited to announce 11 schools have been designated as Schools of Excellence for the 2022-2023 school year by the Florida State Board of Education. Schools are designated as a school as a School of Excellence if the school's percentage of possible points earned in its school grade calculation is in the 80th percentile or higher for schools comprised of the same grade g  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2024 to eliminate a tax loophole that allows wealthy investment managers to evade paying their fair share of taxes. The current carried interest loophole allows these money managers to pay the lower 23.8 percent capital gains tax rate on income received as compensatio  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 16 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: A House bill passed this week aims to keep students who stand up to bullies in Missouri from being punished along with those bullies. "Our goal is to make sure that a victim of violence, an immediate act of violence, isn't automatically suspended from school for being involved. It also allows a teacher to act in good faith to help a victim of immediate violence," said Representative Tricia Byrnes (R-St. Charle  more

PERTH, Australia, April 16 (TNSres) -- Murdoch University issued the following news: A new national survey of Murdoch University students has recorded a jump in satisfaction for the first time in three years, suggesting students are moving on from the challenges of the pandemic years. The 2023 Student Experience Survey (SES) is run externally by the Quality Indicators in Learning and Teaching (QILT). Student experience took a hit during the pandemic, with the increase in online learning, finan  more

SYRACUSE, New York, April 15 -- Syracuse University issued the following news: A University initiative that aims to provide Syracuse-area high school students with experience in emerging technologies has been awarded nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) program. The funding comes through the NSF's Directorate of Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, which was established two years ago and c  more

NIAGARA FALLS, New York, April 16 -- Niagara University issued the following news: Faculty and students from Niagara University's College of Education were featured presenters at the annual conference of the New York State Association for Bilingual Education, April 3-6, 2024, in Syracuse, N.Y. Assistant professor Dr. Elizabeth Falzone and TESOL program teacher candidates Amanda Ackley and Nick Endres discussed teacher candidates' experiences learning about culturally responsive teaching and ho  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 16 -- The New Jersey School Boards Association issued the following news release: For the past several years, the New Jersey School Boards Association has sponsored a student film category in the Garden State Film Festival called the NJSBA's New Jersey Hometown Documentary Short. On Thursday, March 21, the Association's executive director and CEO, Dr. Timothy Purnell, joined Robin Kampf, digital media producer at NJSBA, to honor this year's winning student producers   more

NEW YORK, April 16 -- The New York City Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently joined Trout Unlimited and more than 60 first-grade students from Samara Community School in the Bronx to release juvenile trout that the students have raised in their classrooms since October of last year. Nearly 200 fingerlings were released into the Cross River where it passes through the Wa  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education issued the following news on April 15, 2024: More than 100 aspiring education students, P-12 educators, professional teacher education faculty, and education stakeholders participated in the 2024 Teach Oklahoma Conference on April 12 at Oklahoma City University. Hosted by the State Regents' Oklahoma Teacher Connection (OTC) program, the event featured remarks from Secretary of Education Nellie Tayloe Sanders and k  more

ALFRED, New York, April 16 -- Alfred University issued the following news release: Two Alfred University seniors were recipients of the 2024 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. Olivia Gilbert and Emilia Donenberg Smith were among 193 students from 62 SUNY campuses to receive the award from SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. during an April 11 ceremony in Albany. The Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence acknowledges students for outstanding achievem  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- President Biden issued the following statement on the $7.4 billion in student debt cancellation for 277,000 more borrowers: * * * Today, my Administration is canceling student debt for 277,000 more people, bringing the total number of Americans who have been approved for debt relief so far under my Administration to 4.3 million borrowers through various actions. These 277,000 borrowers are enrolled in my Administration's SAVE Plan, or were approved for relief because of  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Today Congresswoman Joyce Beatty visited with World Language Middle School students participating in the SIFMA Foundation's Capitol Hill Challenge program, underwritten by the Charles Schwab Foundation. This national 14-week financial education competition pairs individual members of Congress with high-needs public schools in every congressional district, equipping middle and high school stud  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduces Gig Is Up Act to End Exploitation of Gig Workers Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) introduced the Gig Is Up Act, which would push companies to treat gig workers fairly. The bill would require companies with at least $100 million in revenues, and that employ at least 10,000 independent contractors, to pay for both the employer's and  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Gabriel Vasquez, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: In a virtual press conference on Monday, April 15, 2024, U.S. Reps. Gabe Vasquez (NM-02) and Andrea Salinas (OR-06) discussed their resolution condemning Republican inaction on crucial immigration reform and border security measures. Last week, Vasquez led the introduction of a resolution in the House of Representatives, calling out Republicans for blocking common-sense immigration reform and border  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 7, 2024, entitled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress": * * * Chair Powell, thank you for coming this morning. Good morning - appreciate you being here. In three days, on March 10, it will be the one-year anniversary of the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank. SVB marked the third la  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing in March 12, 2024, entitled "Examining Proposals to Address Housing Affordability, Availability, and Other Community Needs": * * * In every part of the country, everywhere you turn, housing is too expensive and families have too few housing options. High interest rates are pushing homeownership further out of reach for families wh  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Matt Josephs, senior vice president of policy at the Local Initiatives Support Corp., involving a hybrid hearing in March 12, 2024, entitled "Examining Proposals to Address Housing Affordability, Availability, and Other Community Needs": * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the Committee: I thank you very much for the opportunity to speak with you today to di  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The Smithsonian Institution issued the following news release: Marking the centennial of Marcella Hazan's (1924-2013) birth, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has received a donation from the family of the influential cookbook author and legendary teacher of regional Italian cuisine in the United States and United Kingdom. Hazan is widely known for her six cookbooks on the cuisines of Italy, published between 1973 and 2004. Her husband Victor Hazan, a  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 16 -- Southern Methodist University issued the following news: The challenge is to connect the dots for high school students between the technology in their cell phones and the career options manufacturing the devices. To that end, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded an Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant to SMU professor Lin Lipsmeyer and colleagues toward developing one of the first game-based semiconductor curricula for  more

POTSDAM, New York, April 16 -- The State University of New York Potsdam campus issued the following news: The SUNY Potsdam College Council will hold its final meeting of the 2023-24 academic year on Friday, April 19 at 10 a.m., in Bishop Hall Room C119 in The Crane School of Music. The meeting will be open to the public, and will stream live online via Teams. A link will be available on the College Council website prior to the meeting. College Council Chair June O'Neill (Hon. '99) will open  more

BRISBANE, Australia, April 16 -- The Australian Catholic University issued the following news: Prominent Australian governance and Church leader Susan Pascoe AM has accepted an Honorary Doctorate from Australian Catholic University (ACU). The distinguished educator and former Commissioner, originally from Casterton in Victoria's southwestern region, received a Doctor of the University (Honoris Causa) before 207 ACU graduates at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 15 April. The h  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 16 -- The Texas State Teachers Association issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Texas State Teachers Association and its national affiliate, the National Education Association, have endorsed Democratic nominee Colin Allred over incumbent Ted Cruz in the U.S. Senate race in Texas, TSTA President Ovidia Molina and NEA President Becky Pringle announced today. "Public education is in Colin Allred's DNA. His mother was a public school teacher who instilled i  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 16 -- The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences issued the following news release: The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Medicine invested Shashank Kraleti, M.D., in the Dr. Algernon Sidney Garnett Chair in Family Medicine during an April 10 ceremony. Kraleti is chair of the UAMS Department of Family and Preventive Medicine in the College of Medicine and serves as the director of primary care clinical services, providing oversight   more

MACAU, China, April 16 -- The University of Macau issued the following news release: The Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) of the University of Macau (UM) organised a two-day workshop titled 'Understanding Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine' for more than 20 science teachers from Yuet Wah College. As part of FHS's training programmes for in-service teachers, the workshop aimed to enhance the teachers' professional knowledge and broaden their horizons. At the workshop, Poon Chue  more

ADELAIDE, Australia, April 16 -- The University of South Australia issued the following news release: Fantastic teachers have played a key role in the career direction of Emily Wilson, who graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (Cognitive Neuroscience), at a ceremony this morning at the University of South Australia's City West Campus. Emily's achievement has also marked a special milestone for the broader UniSA community, as the University's 200,000th graduate. Emily's decision to study psy  more

AIKEN, South Carolina, April 16 -- The University of South Carolina's Aiken Campus issued the following news: With less than a month left before graduation, Avery Reeves is ready for commencement on May 1 from the University of South Carolina Aiken. As a soon-to-be graduate from the School of Nursing, Reeves was inspired by his family to pursue his love for nursing. "My mom is in the medical field, my dad is in the military, my sister is a teacher, and service jobs have been my whole life.," h  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 16 -- The University of St. Thomas issued the following news: The School of Social Work at the Morrison Family College of Health just received a $622,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Education to help attract and prepare students for a career in K-12 school social work. Facing a shortage of support services staff in schools across Minnesota and the nation, the funds will allow the University of St. Thomas to develop a more robust pipeline of students pursui  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 16 -- The University of Texas System issued the following news release: The University of Texas System institutions earned several top rankings in U.S. News and World Report's most recent partial rankings of "Best Graduate Schools" in the U.S. According to U.S. News, the rankings for engineering, medicine and psychology will be released at a later date. UT Austin is home to five graduate schools listed in the top 20 and has 39 programs and specialties ranked in the top 25.  more