Media Advisories
Media Advisories 
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March 8, 2011
Education Secretary Arne Duncan will highlight the need to fix No Child Left Behind during his testimony before the full House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday, March 9, at 2 p.m. The hearing, “The Budget and Policy Proposals of the U.S. Department of Education,” will be held in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
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March 7, 2011
U.S. Department of Education Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Yudin will participate in a forum hosted by Congresswoman Donna Edwards, D-Md., on the importance of helping students master Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) inside and outside the classroom and pursue professions in those fields.
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March 7, 2011
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will give opening remarks at the Education Network Meeting for the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference on Tuesday, March 8 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
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March 4, 2011
Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, will keynote the sixth annual summit on “Substance Abuse, Mental Health and School Safety/Violence: Best Practices for Working With Youth” on Monday, March 7, in Pine Mountain, Ga.
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March 4, 2011
Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education, will address the Council for Opportunity in Education's (COE) 31st annual policy seminar at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 7, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Ochoa will discuss the role TRIO plays in helping meet the President's national goal of leading the world in college attainment by 2020.
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March 4, 2011
The second of a series of National Conversations on English Learner Education will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Education Monday and Tuesday simultaneously in Los Angeles and Seattle. Senior officials will be on hand to hear what's working and how instruction can be improved for students with limited English skills. Both sessions will be connected by video at the links below.
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March 4, 2011
Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, assistant secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, will highlight the Administration’s education reform agenda when she serves as a panelist at the spring conference of the Harvard Black Law Students Association (HBLSA). The panel will be held in Pound Hall 101 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 5.
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March 3, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a press conference call at 4 p.m. ET today, Thursday, March 3, to address the education funding crisis facing states across the country. Documents will be released shortly before the call offering guidance on how states can stay focused on student achievement when making tough budget decisions.
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March 3, 2011
Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), will deliver the keynote address to the closing general session of the 21st Annual Symposium of the Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Administrators Friday at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey, Pa.
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March 2, 2011
John Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and Christina Lagdameo, deputy director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, will deliver remarks at the 2011 Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Forum at AARP’s office in Washington, D.C.
