ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 10 (TNSAwa) -- The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards issued the following news: Dr. Barnett Berry, research professor at the University of South Carolina and Founding Director of All4SC, will receive the National Board's James A. Kelly Award for Advancing Accomplished Teaching on April 9, 2021. The Kelly Award, named after James A. Kelly, Founding President and CEO of the National Board, recognizes and honors individuals who have contributed to the ad  more

NEW YORK, April 10 (TNSPol) -- The New York University School of Law issued the following news on April 9, 2021: President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a bipartisan group of experts on the Court and the Court reform debate. In addition to legal and other scholars, the Commissioners includes former federal judges and practitioners who have appeared before the Court, as well as advocates for t  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a bipartisan group of experts on the Court and the Court reform debate. In addition to legal and other scholars, the Commissioners includes former federal judges and practitioners who have appeared before the Court, as well as advocates for the reform of democrat  more

NEW YORK, April 8 -- The William J. Clinton Foundation issued the following statement by President Bill Clinton: * * * Hillary and I mourn the passing of our friend Alcee Hastings. From his days as a young civil rights lawyer desegregating schools in Broward County to his nearly 30 years in Congress and his long service on the Helsinki Commission, Alcee was a champion of justice, equality, and human dignity in South Florida, across America, and around the world. He was a skilled and savvy le  more

KEARNEY, Nebraska, April 6 (TNSEve) -- The University of Nebraska Kearney campus issued the following news on April 5, 2021: Each of the roughly 3,200 toe tags displayed inside the University of Nebraska at Kearney's Calvin T. Ryan Library represents a life cut short. They were mothers and fathers, aunts and uncles and brothers and sisters who died along the U.S.-Mexico border during their pursuit of a brighter future. Some succumbed to the extreme heat and dehydration, and others were killed   more