Author Archives: Todd May

Updated Tool Helps Schools Track FAFSA Completion

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Todd May

In March 2012, ED’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced the release of an innovative FAFSA Completion Tool to help guidance professionals, school administrators and practitioners both track and subsequently increase FAFSA completions at high schools across the country. Prior to publishing … Continue reading →

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ED Announces FAFSA Completion Project Expansion

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Todd May

If students don’t think they can pay for college, they won’t apply for college. Giving more young people access to the tools they need to apply for federal student aid is a key part of our strategy to make America … Continue reading →

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FAFSA Completion Project Expands: Targets Single High School LEAs and Rural Districts

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Todd May

In 2010, the Department of Education piloted a FAFSA Completion Project to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) and secondary school administrators in determining which of their students have completed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the upcoming … Continue reading →

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Preparing Teachers to Lead and Succeed: Emporia State University’s Teachers College

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Todd May

One of the most important strategies of the President’s blueprint for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is its focus on one simple but transformative premise: great teachers matter. Decades of research indicates that the single most important school-based factor in … Continue reading →

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Duncan Joins Congressman Chris Van Hollen and Superintendent Jerry Weast for Community Forum

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Todd May

When it comes to reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), “we have to raise the bar,” Secretary Duncan told a group of parents, students, teachers and community leaders earlier last week at a town hall meeting at John … Continue reading →

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3,000 DC Metro Area Children and Families Welcomed to the 2011 White House Easter Egg Roll

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Todd May

For the third consecutive year, the U.S. Department of Education has teamed with the White House to offer 3,000 tickets to D.C. metro area school children and family members to attend the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: North Star Academy, Newark

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Todd May

Everywhere Secretary Duncan has visited on his listening tour — a Montana Indian reservation, a high school in Detroit, a middle school in West Virginia — students are saying, “Challenge me, push me, make me work, and I will do … Continue reading →

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