“Project 100” Launches to Provide $1,000 Direct Digital Payments to 100,000 Families Hard Hit by COVID Crisis NEW YORK, April 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, Stacey Abrams helped announce the launch of Project 100, an unprecedented cash assistance campaign led by GiveDirectly, Propel, and Stand for...

MIDDLE SCHOOL KINDNESS CHALLENGE EXPANDS AND ANNOUNCES ITS NEW NAME AND BRAND PORTLAND, ORE, June 12, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Middle School Kindness Challenge (MSKC), a program of Stand for Children, announced today that it has expanded from its original mission of...

STAND FOR CHILDREN OREGON CELEBRATES MAJOR VICTORY AS FIRST OF IT’S KIND LEGISLATION FOR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION RECEIVES FULL FUNDING Portland, OR, May 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For Immediate Release May 21, 2019   Media contact: Jessica Mayorga jmayorga@stand.org 202-549-4896     Stand for Children Oregon...

FIRST-IN-NATION LAW TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO ADVANCED CLASSES FOR ALL STUDENTS ADOPTED IN WASHINGTON STATE Olympia, WA, May 07, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Washington state has become the first in the country to break down historic access barriers and adopt an automatic enrollment policy for advanced math,...

Parents react to Arizona Passing Legislation to Reverse Decades of Isolating English Language Learner Students Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlier this month, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed Senate Bill 1014 into law, reinventing the landscape for students to learn English faster....