PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 30 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * At Brown, renowned authors discuss the consequences of banning books, suppressing expression * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -When author Edwidge Danticat first learned that her 2015 children's storybook "Mama's Nightingale: A Story of Immigration and Separation" about a young Haitian girl whose mother is detained as an undocumented immigrant was banned by a local school district, part of her was pr  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2026-150) on March 25, 2026, entitled "Brevard County District School Board - Financial and Federal Single Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Brevard County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financia  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2026-161) on March 27, 2026, entitled "DeSoto County District School Board - Financial and Federal Single Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the DeSoto County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2026-153) on March 25, 2026, entitled "Flagler County District School Board - Financial and Federal Single Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Flagler County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financia  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2026-157) on March 26, 2026, entitled "Gilchrist County District School Board - Financial and Federal Single Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Gilchrist County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed fina  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2026-160) on March 27, 2026, entitled "Glades County District School Board - Financial and Federal Single Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Glades County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Florida Auditor General released the following report (No. 2026-162) on March 27, 2026, entitled "Palm Beach County District School Board - Financial and Federal Single Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Palm Beach County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed fi  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: The Democrats are Destroying Our Democracy * Senator Marshall Joins The Vince Show WaKeeney - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined The Vince Show with Vince Coglianese to discuss why the Senate is in recess, the Democrats' continuing refusal to work with Republicans for the good of the country, and the plan going forward for election integrity. Click HERE or o  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, April 1 -- The Student Press Law Center issued the following news: * * * Nebraska student appeals censorship of editorial cartoon A Nebraska student journalist, with the help of the Student Press Law Center, is pushing back against censorship at his high school, and he hopes it will secure press freedom for all students in his district. Gretna East High School junior Nicholas Mitchell filed an appeal yesterday with the Gretna Public Schools Board of Education, asking the  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 31 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * 74 DAYS LATER: Republican Legislators Block Public School Funding to Give Themselves Pay Hike * Phoenix, AZ - Today marks 74 days since Governor Katie Hobbs released her balanced executive budget proposal to the public. The balanced budget lowers costs, invests over $1 billion in public education and cuts taxes for the middle class while ending tax breaks for data centers. Instead of engagin  more

NEW YORK, March 31 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * LDF Files Amicus Brief Urging Equal Educational Opportunity in New Jersey Case Challenging Segregated Schools * On Thursday, March 19, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) filed an amicus brief in the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court in support of equal educational opportunity in Latino Action Network v. New Jersey, a case challenging the urgent and persistent   more

NEW YORK, March 31 -- The City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy posted the following news release: * * * Study reveals lower HPV vaccine uptake among autistic NYC students * CUNY SPH researchers have identified significant gaps in HPV vaccination rates between students with and without autism in New York City public schools. The new study, led by CUNY SPH epidemiology alumnae Abigail Lyons and Mansi Mhatre, with support from the Sexual and Reproductiv  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 31 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University posted the following news: * * * Two Alumni Recognized as 2026 Regional Principals of the Year * EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 31, 2026) - Two North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University alumni are among the nine distinguished educators selected as North Carolina's 2026 Regional Principals of the Year. Darrell A. Harris Jr. '11, Ed.D., principal of Eastern Guilford High School i  more