The AHSAA said Oakwood had agreed to follow the rules of the association and participate in all playoff games without petition or forfeit. Oakwood Academy knew that playoff games were usually held on a Friday or Saturday, and that a “specific discussion” was held on the matter, according to the AHSAA statement. AHSAA said it […] Source: https://atoday.org/alabama-athletic-association-disappointed-oakwood-adventist-academy-is-suing-them/

Lawsuit claims AHSAA showed religious discrimination against Oakwood Adventist Academy in refusing to accommodate its Seventh-day Adventist beliefs “for no reason other than bureaucratic intransigence.” Suit said the AHSAA prohibits scheduling games on Sundays due to the “religious practices of many Alabamians” and that “the prohibition on Sunday contests is a religious accommodation.” “AHSAA’s discriminatory […] Source: https://atoday.org/fighting-for-their-rights-oakwood-adventist-academy-files-religious-discrimination-lawsuit-against-athletic-association/

News reports from Guatemala, the Philippines, United States.  Accolades for Academic Sydney Freeman Jr., an educational theorist, social scientist, and former educational administrator, won the Carlos J. Vallejo Memorial Award for Exemplary Scholarship. The purpose of this award is to recognize a mid-career scholar (associate professor) whose scholarly contributions to multicultural/multiethnic education have been vital […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-may-5-2022/