Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson joined Secretary Arne Duncan for a bilingual reading event that marked the culmination of ED’s summer literacy initiative.
Category Archives: Read to the Top
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson Participate in Read to the Top! Event
August 28, 2009 – 6:50 pm
HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and Commerce Secretary Locke Participate in Read to the Top! Event
August 28, 2009 – 9:27 am
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan and Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke joined Secretary Arne Duncan as part of ED’s summary literacy initiative.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice Joins ED Deputy Secretary Tony Miller for Read to the Top!
August 21, 2009 – 6:41 pm
United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice joined ED Deputy Secretary Tony Miller for the Department of Education’s summer reading initiative, “Read to the Top!”
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Rice read “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.” Miller read “Little Quack.” Students from E.L. Haynes Public Charter School and [...]
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar And White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett at Read To The Top! Event
August 18, 2009 – 5:32 pm
The Secretary read “Six-Dinner Sid;” Salazar read “Our Earth;” and Jarrett read “America is…” Approximately 120 students in grades K-5 from Annandale Terrace, Parklawn and Glen Forest Elementary schools—all representing Fairfax County, Va., public schools—were in attendance.
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The Department has partnered with community organizations nationwide to combat summer [...]
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes Join Read to the Top Event
August 11, 2009 – 1:30 pm
Yesterday, Secretary Arne Duncan was joined by Rahm Emanuel, White House chief of staff, and Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, for the Department of Education’s summer reading initiative, “Read to the Top!” During the event, the Secretary read “Library Lion;” Emanuel read “Duck for President;” and Barnes read “10 Things [...]
White House Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu at Read to the Top Event
August 11, 2009 – 12:27 pm
Last week, White House Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu joined Secretary Arne Duncan and read to pre-K through grade-6 students from schools and summer programs across Prince Georges County, Md., and more than 70 K–5 students from Hoffman-Boston Elementary and Carlin Springs Elementary schools, both in Arlington, Va. During the event, the Secretary read “I [...]
Veterans Affairs Secretary Shinseki and Wife Read to Children
July 28, 2009 – 3:44 pm
Yesterday Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and his wife, Patricia Shinseki, joined Secretary Arne Duncan to read to more than 100 children in grades pre-K through 4 from Bolling Air Force Base, the Fort Myer Youth Services program, and the Anacostia children’s development center. Secretary Shinseki read “Night Catch”; Mrs. Shinseki read “I Feel [...]
Marian Robinson, the First Lady’s Mother, and Secretary Arne Duncan Read to Students
July 22, 2009 – 5:49 pm
Marian Robinson, the mother of First Lady Michelle Obama, today joined Secretary Arne Duncan to read to kids at the Department’s headquarters as part of the summer reading initiative “Read to the Top!” to fight summer reading loss.
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The crowd of more than [...]
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary Arne Duncan Read to Students
July 21, 2009 – 4:51 pm
Last week U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack joined Secretary Arne Duncan to read to students from Campbell Elementary Summer School in Arlington, Va., and preschoolers who attend the Georgetown Hill Health and Human Services/Department of Education children’s center.
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This event was part of “Read to the [...]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary Arne Duncan Read to Students
July 7, 2009 – 4:09 pm
Today U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius joined Secretary Arne Duncan to read to young children on the plaza of the Department’s Lyndon Baines Johnson headquarters building.
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This event was part of the Department’s “Read to the Top!”—the Department’s summer reading initiative—which is partnering [...]
