FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: YOUTH VOICES!
Education’s Promise
As the parent of two school-aged children and a former high school social studies teacher and middle school principal, I have seen the difference that a quality education makes in unloc ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2017 at 8:39PM
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DYK?:
ODDS AND ENDS
• The Department recently announced the first grant competition under the Teacher and School Leader (TSL) Incentive Program (https://innovation.ed.gov/…/teacher-and-school-leader-inc…/…), providing funding for states, di ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2017 at 8:25PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
CIVIL RIGHTS GUIDANCE
Last week, the Department released three new sets of guidance to assist the public in understanding how the agency interprets and enforces federal civil rights laws protecting students with disabi ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2017 at 8:07PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
SUPPORTING COLLEGE STUDENTS
Last month, the Department took several actions to support higher education students and families.
First, the agency released final regulations (http://links.govdelivery.com/track…) to i ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2017 at 7:39PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
REMINDER: SCHOOL AMBASSADOR FELLOWS
Apply now for the Department’s 2017-18 School Ambassador Fellowship. (https://www2.ed.gov/progra…/schoolfellowship/applicant.html…). This program (https://www2.ed.gov/programs/scho ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2017 at 7:21PM
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CABINET EXIT MEMO
Yesterday, Secretary King issued his Cabinet exit memorandum, titled “Giving Every Student a Fair Shot: Progress under the Obama Administration’s Education Agenda.” “I would like to share with you the ...
Posted Saturday, January 7th 2017 at 6:59PM
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SYNOPSIS OF THE REPROGRAMMING
Nearly half of Native American people are under the age of 24; more than one-third of Native children live in poverty; and Native youth have the lowest high school graduation rate of students across all schools. Natio ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 7:06PM
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Thank you, Tom, for that kind introduction. I'm grateful to Tom for his leadership on behalf of education for the whole child, and for ensuring that every student in California has the opportunity to graduate ready for college and career success.
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Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 6:29PM
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Washington, DC — Today, the White House released a new capstone report with updates about projects launched and local progress made in response to the Administration's Rethink Discipline efforts. Rethink Discipline was launched as part of President ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 6:01PM
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Good evening everybody. Let me first thank Laura and Nathan for their leadership and for their extraordinary vision and the role PTA should play in our national education conversation,
We gather in a city that has experienced extraordinary trauma ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 5:35PM
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U.S. Department of Education Announces Loan Counseling Experiment and New College Completion Toolkit
Earning a college degree or credential is one of the best investments students can make for themselves and their families. Each year, millions o ...
Posted Thursday, January 5th 2017 at 4:58PM
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In the wake of the national elections, Catholic News Service has posted a series of columns from leading archbishops on key issues facing the church and the new Trump administration. This guest column was written by Archbish ...
Posted Wednesday, December 14th 2016 at 9:20AM
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