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Jefferson Trust to award nearly $1M in grants Grants_WVIR By Daniel Grimes | February 9, 2021 at 4:13 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 6:18 PM CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Jefferson Trust, a nonprofit that is part of the University of Virginia Alumni Association, is giving nearly $1 million in grants this year that will benefit UVA and the greater-Charlottesville area. The Jefferson Trust has already given over $9.6 million in grants since it started in 2005. Now, 15 programs that range...

Education secretary to review schools guidance which could ban use of Black Lives Matter resources Campaigners threatened legal action after ‘politically preferential’ guidance on anti-capitalist groups GOVERNMENT GUIDANCE stating that schools should not use resources produced by organisations that have a desire to abolish or overthrow capitalism is to be reviewed by the Department for Education (DfE) following a threat of legal action. Coalition of Anti-Racist Educators (CARE) and Black E...

The announcement of a review was welcomed. “Within the process of evidence collection, we have heard from many students, teaching staff and parents of the impact of the guidance, which would see conversations on injustice and inequality outlawed from the classroom,” a spokesperson for Care said. Rachel Harger, of Bindmans, said: “We hope that given the obvious failures and shortcomings of the current guidance the secretary of state will accept that, as part of this review, a broad consult...