WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of three large public school systems will appear before Congress on Wednesday to answer questions about how they have handled incidents of antisemitism on their school campuses.
The witnesses scheduled to testify before a House Education and Workforce subcommittee represent New York City Public Schools, the Berkeley Unified School District in California and the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.
The hearing comes amid a series of inquiries by the Republican-led committee into how universities have responded to pro-Palestinian student protests on campuses.
Those earlier hearings have been heated — the first in December precipitated the resignations of the presidents of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently, the testimony of Columbia University’s president, Minouche Shafik, escalated into weeks of protests that spread beyond her campus to colleges across the country.
Kim Kardashian being booed by crowd at Tom Brady roast edited out of final Netflix cut
In pictures: 2024 Rātana celebrations
Bayer faces Australian test with judge to decide whether weedkiller caused cancer
Peregrine mission has 'no chance' of soft lunar landing
An extremist group and ethnic militias committed atrocities in Mali, Human Rights Watch says
Open fires banned in Hawke's Bay
NZ report card 2023: near the top of the class in some areas, bottom in others
AUKUS a military pact designed to contain China, says Labour
The opening round of the Wells Fargo Championship is delayed with rain in the forecast
Former National MP Alfred Ngaro interviewed by police after family fight next to mum’s coffin
Poland detains and questions Russian man who illegally crossed from Belarus
One in five migratory species at risk of extinction