Press Releases 
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August 18, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of $7 million in grants to seven states to help recruit and train teachers, principals and other personnel to provide quality education for children with disabilities. States receiving grants are: Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina and Oregon.
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August 18, 2016
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August 16, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Students has awarded Wounded Knee District School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling $300,000. The grant will be used to assist with ongoing recovery efforts following numerous student suicide deaths, beginning in late December 2014.
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August 16, 2016
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is inviting eight selected partnerships between institutions of higher education and non-traditional providers to participate in the EQUIP (Educational Quality through Innovation Partnerships) experiment.
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August 15, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of $48 million in grants to 143 colleges and organizations in 42 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico under the Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) program – all aimed at promoting college readiness for more than 196,000 adults.
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August 12, 2016
Getting a higher education is one of the most important investments students can make for themselves, and it is best way to ensure a strong middle class. Since the start of the Obama Administration, the U.S.
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August 11, 2016
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August 11, 2016
Education Department Denies Request for Chain of For-Profit Colleges to Convert to Non-Profit Status
The U.S. Department of Education today denied a request from the Center for Excellence in Higher Education (CEHE), a Utah-based chain of for-profit career colleges, to convert to non-profit status for purposes of federal financial student aid.
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August 5, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has entered into a resolution agreement with the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools in California to address compliance issues involving students with disabilities in alternative and juvenile court schools.
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August 5, 2016
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