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Support for Education Jobs
US Department of Education - 7 hours 31 min ago
Florida, Hawaii, Missouri, Ohio, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands are among the states that will receive funding to support education jobs.
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Enrolling Uninsured Kids in Health Care
US Department of Education - Fri, 09/03/2010 - 10:40am
Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan announced a national coalition to enroll five million children in Medicaid and CHIP within five years.
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Beyond the Bubble Tests
US Department of Education - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 12:36pm
Read Secretary Duncan's remarks to state leaders about Race to the Top Assessment winners and the next generation of assessments.
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California to Receive $1.2 Billion to Support Ed Jobs
US Department of Education - Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:56am
Secretary Duncan commended California for being the first state to submit an application under the Education Jobs Fund.
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Joint Agreement for New Orleans Recovery
US Department of Education - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 4:08pm
Secretary Duncan and other Obama administration officials announced a $1.8 billion agreement to help renovate and rebuild schools in New Orleans.
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Back to School Tour
US Department of Education - Fri, 08/27/2010 - 7:18am
Secretary Duncan is taking a bus tour to visit schools, honor and listen to teachers, meet with parents and students, and highlight success. See video, photos, and stories in the blog.
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Remarks in Little Rock
US Department of Education - Wed, 08/25/2010 - 5:00pm
Secretary Duncan discussed his Back to School Tour and the Obama Administration's education agenda, and he thanked America's teachers -- "our unsung heroes" -- in Little Rock, AR.
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Emergency Response Plans
US Department of Education - Thu, 08/19/2010 - 8:57am
ED grants will help 98 school districts strengthen their emergency response plans.
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Charter School Grants
US Department of Education - Wed, 08/18/2010 - 4:04pm
Charter school grants to state agencies in AR, CA, CO, DC, GA, IN, MI, MO, NH, RI, SC, and TX will help increase public school options.
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Additional Recovery Funds for California
US Department of Education - Tue, 08/17/2010 - 1:30pm
New York and California are among the states that will receive additional Recovery Act funds to support jobs and drive education reforms.
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Gainful Employment Analysis
US Department of Education - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:28am
Read the analysis that helped inform ED's proposed regulation that provides a standard for occupational and for-profit postsecondary programs to demonstrate that they prepare students for gainful employment.
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Turning Around Low-Performing Schools
US Department of Education - Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:05am
Mississippi and Idaho are among the states receiving funding under the School Improvement Grants program to turn around persistently lowest achieving schools.
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Education Jobs Fund
US Department of Education - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 11:04am
Applications and guidance are now available for the Education Jobs Fund, which makes $10 billion available to states to support an estimated 160,000 education jobs nationwide.
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First Summit on Bullying
US Department of Education - Fri, 08/13/2010 - 6:48am
Secretary Duncan discussed myths about bullying at the Department's first Bullying Prevention Summit.
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US Department of Education - Wed, 08/11/2010 - 6:07am
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$10 Billion to Support 160,000 Education Jobs
US Department of Education - Tue, 08/10/2010 - 4:50pm
Congress passed and the President signed into law a bill that provides $10 billion to support an estimated 160,000 education jobs nationwide.
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Additional Recovery Funds for Texas
US Department of Education - Tue, 08/10/2010 - 4:12pm
Secretary Duncan announced that an additional $1.072 billion is now available for Texas under the Recovery Act.
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Higher Education and the Economy
US Department of Education - Mon, 08/09/2010 - 3:52pm
"Education is the economic issue of our time," President Obama said in a speech about higher education and the economy at the University of Texas at Austin.
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$115.3 Million for Teaching of American History
US Department of Education - Fri, 08/06/2010 - 4:22pm
124 school districts will receive grants to improve the quality of teaching American history in our nation's schools.
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New Education Data Website
US Department of Education - Fri, 08/06/2010 - 6:48am
ED Data Express provides education data from multiple sources in one place. See data profiles for each state. Explore student achievement, dropout rates, and other data across states.
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