States Continue Progress During Second Year of Race to the Top
Today the U.S. Department of Education released state-specific reports for 12 Race to the Top grantees, detailing their progress on transforming education at the local level.
View ArticleStatement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Death of Dr. Arlene...
America’s educators have lost a leader, and I have lost a friend and mentor. Whether in Philadelphia, San Francisco, or Washington, Arlene Ackerman cared deeply about America’s urban schools and...
View ArticleStatement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Recognizing National...
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued the following statement today, recognizing National School Counseling Week, Feb. 4-8, 2013.
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $50,000 to Help Chicago Public...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students has awarded Chicago Public Schools (CPS) an Immediate Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling nearly...
View ArticleEducation Department Releases College Scorecard to Help Students Choose Best...
Following President Obama’s State of the Union address, today the U.S. Department of Education released an interactive College Scorecard, which provides students and families the critical information...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Awards $3 Million to Connecticut, New Jersey,...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students has awarded $3 million in Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grants to Connecticut ($250,000), New Jersey ($1.25...
View ArticleOffice for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Title IX Compliance Review...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights today announced the resolution of a Title IX compliance review at the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville, Ind.
View ArticleU.S. Education Department and the Corporation for National and Community...
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Wendy Spencer, chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), today announced a new competitive grant program that...
View ArticlePennsylvania, Texas, Wyoming Request Flexibility from No Child Left Behind
Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced it has received requests from Pennsylvania, Texas and Wyoming for flexibility from No Child Left Behind in exchange for state-developed plans to...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Asks School Leaders to Initiate New Efforts to...
The U.S. Department of Education today issued a Dear Colleague letter to state school chiefs requesting immediate action to reduce gender-based violence in schools and to help ensure all students are...
View ArticleEducation Department Releases New School-Level Graduation Rate Data to Better...
Today the U.S. Department of Education released provisional school-level graduation rates for 2010-11 – the first school year for which all states used a common, rigorous measure for reporting high...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Announces New Executive Director of White House...
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has announced the appointment of David J. Johns as executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans.
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Awards More than $35,000 to Help Baltimore...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students has awarded Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County, Md., a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant,...
View ArticleCivil Rights Agreement Reached with South Carolina Technical College System...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the South Carolina Technical College System (SCTCS), the state’s largest...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Announces 11 States Will Receive Funding to...
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that 11 states will receive funding to continue efforts to turn around their persistently lowest achieving schools through the Department’s...
View ArticleEducation Department Releases Guidance on Providing Title IV Eligibility for...
Today the U.S. Department of Education issued guidance for higher education institutions that offer competency-based programs in which students learn at their own pace – but that currently do not offer...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Announces 10 States Will Receive Funding to Turn...
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced that 10 states will receive funding to turn around their persistently lowest-achieving schools through the Department’s School Improvement Grant...
View ArticleEducation Department Launches New Loan Counseling Tools to Help Borrowers...
Students who are graduating this spring are now able to take advantage of new tools that can help them better understand their loan debt and stay on track in repayment. The U.S.
View ArticleDepartment of Education Statement on Request for Flexibility from...
Our strong preference and focus in the ESEA flexibility process remains on working with states, including California, if it decides to seek ESEA flexibility for the upcoming school year. While...
View ArticleEducation Department Launches 2013 Investing in Innovation Competition
The U.S. Department of Education announced the start of the $150 million 2013 Investing in Innovation (i3) grant competition today with the release of the program’s invitation for pre-applications for...
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