In this week's address, President Obama discussed one of the single most important steps to help grow middle-class wages – expanding the number of workers who are eligible for the overtime that they have earned. Every week, millions of Americans ...
Posted Saturday, May 21st 2016 at 1:57PM
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Pres. Obama's remarks on ADDICTIONS, H&HS Sec. Burwell FOSTER CARE MONTH news and GRANT information, USDE Sec. Dr. John King's tRANSGENDER gUIDELINES AND grant INFORMATION, NAMIMARYLAND WALK information for Saturday's WALK, Nati ...
Posted Friday, May 20th 2016 at 2:28PM
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NAMIWalks Maryland
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Welcome to the 2016 NAMIWalks Maryland!
HONORARY CHAIRS, Senator Ben Cardin and Mrs. Myrna Edelman Cardin
Every journey begins with that first step! As NAMIWalks celebrates our 14 ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 12:13PM
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Today, a parent navigating the child welfare system in Spokane, Washington, might cross paths with Heather Cantamessa. Heather is the coordinator for the Spokane County Parents for Parents Program, a county-wide effort to bring together government, c ...
Posted Wednesday, May 18th 2016 at 11:11AM
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FACT SHEET: Expanding College Access Through the Dual Enrollment Pell Experiment
Earning a college degree is an increasingly important step towards entering the middle class. Yet less than 10 percent of children born in the bottom quartile of ho ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 1:07PM
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"Let's Get In-Formation"
Parents' Bulletin
National Black Child Development Institute’s
Parent Power BootCamp
“Let’s Get In-Formation”
The Parent Power BootCamp is designed to educate parents and caregivers on the Every Student Suc ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 12:49PM
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Many small businesses, especially ones in older buildings, have struggled to comply with the requirements of the ADA, including making access to their buildings and restrooms suitable for the disabled.
What many business owners don’t know is t ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 12:16PM
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U.S. Department of Education Awards $530,000 to Umpqua Community College to Help Recovery From Campus Shooting
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Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 11:54AM
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In this week's address, Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined President Obama to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction. Macklemore opened up about his own experience, his life in recovery, and the loss of a frie ...
Posted Monday, May 16th 2016 at 11:49AM
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Over the past few years the public sector has not contributed much, if anything, to GDP and the US economy's growth.
There is one implemented policy, however, that appears to be helping.
Aneta Markowska, an economist at Societe Generale, br ...
Posted Monday, May 16th 2016 at 10:45AM
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Secretary King to Participate in Dual Enrollment Roundtable Discussion at College of Southern Maryland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!:
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
Event Date 1 : May 16, 2016 - 10:00am
U.S. Secretary of ...
Posted Saturday, May 14th 2016 at 1:09PM
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Resources for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Students
Title IX protects all students, including transgender and gender-nonconforming students, from sex discrimination. Title IX encompasses discrimination based on a student’s nonconformit ...
Posted Saturday, May 14th 2016 at 12:43PM
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Pres. Obama's Mother's Day Message, #SCOTUS News, USDE Grant Competitions, Nation-At-A-Glance featuring Broderick Johnson, Chairman, My Brother's Keeper Initiative, much more inside to read, start and keep many conversatio ...
Posted Friday, May 13th 2016 at 1:42PM
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When I first heard about the first ParentCamp International, I knew I had to be there! As a Hispanic/Latina mother of a son receiving Special Education services and who works closely with international families in schools, I felt I couldn’t miss th ...
Posted Thursday, May 12th 2016 at 12:32PM
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You're Invited: 2 New Webinars!
U.S. Department of Education sent this bulletin at 05/12/2016 10:35 AM EDT
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National Voices, Local Efforts: Learning Lessons on Universal Pre-K
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Posted Thursday, May 12th 2016 at 11:57AM
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WASHINGTON, May 11, 2016 - TOMORROW, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will deliver keynote remarks and announce a major new investment in conservation practices that improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and related natural resources on agricultur ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 1:30PM
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First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and the U.S. Department of Education today announced five finalists in the Reach Higher Career App Challenge, a prize competition to promote the development of mobile app solutions that will help ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 12:51PM
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This is not a time to act out of fear. This is a time to summon our national virtues of inclusivity, diversity, compassion and open-mindedness. What we must not do — what we must never do — is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Ame ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 10:41AM
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Ensuring that everyone in this nation is equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed is crucial in our competitive, global economy. One key part of this effort is ensuring that young people and adults of all skill levels who are tra ...
Posted Tuesday, May 10th 2016 at 2:11PM
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today awarded 26 grants to help rural small businesses and agricultural producers across rural America conserve energy and develop renewable energy systems, ultimately reducing their carbon footprint, lowering ov ...
Posted Tuesday, May 10th 2016 at 2:03PM
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Watch to see why it's well past time for Senate Republicans to fulfill their constitutional responsibility on the Supreme Court. ...
Posted Tuesday, May 10th 2016 at 1:06PM
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In this week's address, President Obama recognized all mothers in celebration of this upcoming Mother's Day, including First Lady Michelle Obama. The President emphasized that we should give all parents the support they need by providing paid materni ...
Posted Monday, May 9th 2016 at 1:08PM
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday that the country is "a better place today" than when he graduated from college more than 30 years ago, citing his historic election as "one indicator of how attitudes have changed."
But gaps pe ...
Posted Monday, May 9th 2016 at 12:41PM
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Late last year Vice President Joe Biden crossed the million-mile mark in his official plane, the Air Force Two. Whether it's flying home to his own backyard in to Wilmington, Delaware or to Kosovo, the official Vice Presidential Photographer David ...
Posted Monday, May 9th 2016 at 12:20PM
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President Obama STILL urging Senate to VOTE on #ýSCOTUS Nominee, Bazelon Law Center on Mental Health Awareness, USDE Sharing "Why I Teach" Stories, NATION-AT-A-GLNCE featuring Rep. John Lewis ... and much more in ...
Posted Saturday, May 7th 2016 at 1:31PM
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