U.S. Department of Education

Earth Day

Submitted 498 days ago

Find ideas for saving energy, activities for learning about the environment, and more.

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250,000 Education Jobs

Submitted 319 days ago

Preliminary data indicate that states will credit the Recovery Act with creating and saving at least 250,000 education jobs nationwide.

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Teachers Are Key to Successful Economy

Submitted 319 days ago

First Lady Michelle Obama writes about the importance of good teachers and the need for as many as one million new teachers by 2014.

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State Board Members: Partners in Reform

Submitted 320 days ago

Secretary Arne Duncan invited state education leaders to join him in a partnership to reform the nation's schools.

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Student Performance in Mathematics

Submitted 320 days ago

The Nation's Report Card on math performance provides "evidence that our schools need to get better," Secretary Arne Duncan said.

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Spellings Speaks at Council of Americas Conference

Submitted 850 days ago

Secretary Spellings delivered remarks on the role of education in social and economic development to an audience of regional leaders, education ministers and CEOs at the Council of the Americas Conference in Washington, D.C. Her remarks were followed by a question and answer session.

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2008 Summer Reading Initiative

Submitted 850 days ago

Secretary Spellings; Wendy Bhagat, senior vice president, First Book; and Heidi Kilgras, editorial director, Random House Children's Books announced the availability of free books through the 2008 Summer Reading Initiative. Announced at Edward Brooke Charter School in Boston, Mass., the Initiative marks the first stage of a national distribution of over 850,000 free, new Random House children's bo

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Secretary Highlights NCLB in Massachusetts

Submitted 850 days ago

Secretary Spellings and in-coming Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville hosted an education policy roundtable discussion on No Child Left Behind at the Massachusetts State House with Massachusetts Acting Commissioner of Education Jeff Nellhaus, Massachusetts policymakers, educators, teachers, parents and business leaders. Secretary Spellings applauded Massachusetts' efforts to raise co

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Educators: Register Now for Summer Workshops

Submitted 850 days ago

Teachers and other educators are encouraged to register now to attend one of the U.S. Department of Education's summer workshops, where teachers share successful strategies to raise student achievement.

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2008 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards

Submitted 850 days ago

Secretary Spellings delivered remarks and announced recipients of the 2008 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards at the U. S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. The awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial and the National Association of Secondary School Principals, were created in 1995 to honor middle and high school students at the local, state and national level for outstanding community

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