Media Advisories
Media Advisories 
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November 30, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference call at 2 p.m. ET today to announce a new report on the distribution of state and local education resources within school districts. A press release and link to the reports will be available this afternoon.
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November 23, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 29, where he will deliver remarks at the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Fall Conference and conduct a town hall on education and the economy.
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November 21, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Alexa Posny will visit Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Md. on Tuesday, Nov. 22 to tour classrooms and participate in a roundtable discussion. Duncan and Posny will visit inclusive classes that focus on college and career readiness for all students.
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November 18, 2011
Sue Swenson, deputy assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services, will participate in a federal panel during the closing session of the Alliance for Full Participation’s 2011 “Summit 2.0 Real Jobs – It’s Everyone’s Business” on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 9:30 a.m. in National Harbor, Md.
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November 17, 2011
U.S. Deputy Education Secretary Tony Miller will join several business, nonprofit and community leaders at the 2011 Poder-Americas Business Council (ABC) Business Awards on Friday, Nov. 18, near Miami.
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November 17, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah at the “All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development”“; launch on Friday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. in the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Duncan will discuss the importance of nations working together to improve literacy.
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November 17, 2011
Melody Musgrove, director of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), will tour Sedalia Elementary School in Sedalia, N.C., today, Nov. 17, and discuss the school’s modernization needs and how the American Jobs Act would help. As proposed, the American Jobs Act would provide North Carolina with:
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November 17, 2011
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach John White will participate in a roundtable and give the keynote address at the Wisconsin Schools Rural Alliance Conference (WiRSA) on Thursday, Nov. 17 at the Stoney Creek Inn in Rothschild, Wis.
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November 16, 2011
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Assistant Secretary Alexa Posny will address the Division of Early Childhood Conference on Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. at the Gaylord Hotel in National Harbor, Md.
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November 16, 2011
U.S. Department of Education’s Karen Cator will deliver the keynote address at the Three Rivers Technology Conference at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in Cranberry Township, Pa.