Media Advisories
Media Advisories 
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October 4, 2011
Washington, DC Today at 1:30PM EDT, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and White House officials will hold a conference call for national and regional reporters to discuss a new report highlighting how the American Jobs Act will support nearly 400,000 education jobs, prevent layoffs of educators and allow thousands more to be hired or rehired.
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October 4, 2011
Lynnae Ruttledge, commissioner of the U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration, will deliver the keynote address to the 10th annual Northeastern U.S. Conference on Disability Wednesday in Scranton, Pa.
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October 4, 2011
Carmel Martin, U.S. Department of Education assistant secretary for planning, evaluation and policy development, will host a Twitter chat on Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 4-5 p.m.
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September 30, 2011
To kick off the Administration's focus on Hispanic education as a part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will engage with the Latino community through a virtual town hall at 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Oct. 3. The town hall will be moderated by Juan Sepúlveda, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
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September 30, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will hold a national press call with reporters at 1:45 p.m. ET today to unveil a proposal to reform and improve America's teacher preparation programs, aimed at better preparing educators for classroom success.
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September 30, 2011
U.S. Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter will deliver a keynote luncheon address on Monday, Oct. 3, at Grantmakers for Education's 15th annual conference.
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September 30, 2011
John S. Wilson, executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), will deliver the keynote address at the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities' 2011 annual conference. Wilson's keynote will take place at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 3, on the campus of Mississippi Valley State University.
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September 29, 2011
John White, the U.S. Department of Education's deputy assistant secretary for rural outreach, will visit schools in the Dallas area Friday and deliver the keynote address to the State Fair of Texas' 65th Annual Honor Awards Banquet, recognizing the Texas 4-H Council, Texas FFA and Texas FCCLA (Family Career and Community Leaders of America) Saturday in Dallas.
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September 29, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will unveil on Friday a proposal to reform and improve America's teacher preparation programs, aimed at better preparing educators for classroom success.
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September 29, 2011
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Tony Miller will deliver brief opening remarks at the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program Annual Directors Meeting on Friday at the Education Department in Washington, D.C.