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Endless Possibility
Endless possibility. That’s the motto of the Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint. N.M., and it’s more than just a catchy slogan: The students there are proving that with education, possibilities are endless. Secretary Duncan visited NTC last Saturday to give … Continue reading
2012 Labor-Management Conference Kicks Off – Watch Live
Secretary Arne Duncan, national education leaders and over 100 district and state leadership teams are converging in Cincinnati today to kick off the two-day 2012 Labor-Management Conference. The conference will encourage participants – teams of state and district school chiefs, … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Labor-Management, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged Collaboration
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Announcing the Race to the Top District Competition
Secretary Duncan and the Department of Education announced a new Race to the Top District competition today, one that is aimed squarely at the classroom level with a focus on the relationship between teachers and students. The proposed competition offers … Continue reading
Thank You Teachers
People from across the country are turning to social media to thank teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week, as well as during yesterday’s Teacher Appreciation Day. From heartfelt “thank you’s” on Twitter, to funny memories of great teachers on Facebook, America … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged Storify, Teacher Appreciation Week, Twitter
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Teacher Appreciation Week Gets Underway
“Whatever we do to strengthen and elevate the teaching profession, we should bear in mind that reforms that fail to heed the voice of teachers are doomed,” Secretary Duncan said in a Huffington Post article to kick off Teacher Appreciation … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged Teacher Appreciation Week
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Celebrating the Teachers of the Year
“A teacher is the key to a child reaching their potential,” President Obama said this week during a White House ceremony to recognize the State Teachers of the Year and to present the 2012 National Teacher of the Year Award … Continue reading
Weighing In on CTE Blueprint
“This administration believes that career and technical education is central to rebuilding our economy and securing a brighter future for our nation,” said Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, at last week’s release of the Obama Administration’s … Continue reading
Seventy-Eight Schools are First-Ever U.S. Dept of Education Green Ribbon Schools
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley & EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson earlier today to announce the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools, a list including 78 schools that span … Continue reading
President Obama Calls on Congress to Prevent Student Loan Interest Rates from Doubling
“In America, higher education cannot be a luxury,” President Obama said in his weekly address. “It’s an economic imperative that every family must be able to afford.” At a time when higher education has never been more important, the President … Continue reading
Day Two Iowa: Improving Rural Economies & Transforming CTE
“I hadn’t taken an algebra class in 40 years,” community college student Jennifer DeLange told Secretary Duncan yesterday morning at a White House Rural Council Roundtable in Waterloo, Iowa. DeLange spent years working in a plastics factory, but when the … Continue reading
Posted in Community Colleges, Headlines, News, Rural
Tagged Career and Technical Education, CTE, Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Duncan Talks College Affordability and Rural Ed in WI and IA
Waterloo, Iowa – It’s not often that town hall meetings are interrupted by the gentle moo of a calf, but that’s exactly the interjection that two Cabinet secretaries and an audience interested in rural education experienced Wednesday at the University … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Rural, Schools and Community, Teachers
Tagged College Affordability, Together for Tomorrow, Town Hall
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