Secretary Arne Duncan released the final application for the Race to the Top Fund.

Over $67 billion in ED Recovery Act formula grants have been awarded, and some 400,000 jobs have been saved or created through these ED grants.

Rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act cannot wait, Secretary Duncan said in his first major speech on the future of the law. Reauthorization of NCLB should start now.

"Many if not most" colleges of education "are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers," Secretary Arne Duncan said at Columbia's Teachers College. "America's university-based teacher preparation programs need revolutionary change...."