Media Advisories
Media Advisories 
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January 18, 2011
Carmel Martin, assistant secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, will welcome participants in a seminar on “Getting Teacher Evaluation Right” this Wednesday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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January 18, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will deliver remarks at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 79th Winter Meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 19 at the Capitol Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
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January 18, 2011
Jim Shelton, assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement, will serve as a panelist in an event titled "The Return on Education Investment: A district-by-district evaluation of U.S. educational productivity." The event marks the release of a ground-breaking report that attempts to evaluate nearly every major school district in the country.
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January 14, 2011
Assistant Secretary Alexa Posny will participate in a panel discussion on the future of special education Tuesday in a forum at the Brookings Institution in Washington. About 150 officials from administrative agencies, Capitol Hill, the private sector, universities, schools and non-profit organizations are expected.
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January 14, 2011
Russlynn Ali, assistant secretary for the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, will participate in Martin Luther King Day events Monday in Philadelphia.
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January 14, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, will join civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton for an annual King Day breakfast at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 17, at the Madison Loews Hotel in Washington, D.C. In his remarks, Secretary Duncan will speak about Dr.
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January 14, 2011
Deputy Education Secretary Tony Miller will deliver the keynote address at the 11th annual 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology Symposium on Saturday, Jan. 15, at 9:30 a.m. The event, entitled “Innovation and Equity: Spurring Manufacturing Through Innovation in Black Communities,” will be in the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.
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January 13, 2011
U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana will visit Mahalia Jackson Early Childhood & Family Learning Center on Friday, Jan. 14 in New Orleans. During her visit, Meléndez de Santa Ana will tour the school and deliver brief remarks on the need for a comprehensive, collaborative approach to building language and literacy from birth through adulthood.
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January 11, 2011
IOWA—Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, will address the importance of creating safe, supportive school environments in an effort to increase student achievement at the Iowa Department of Education’s Safe, Healthy and Caring Learning Environments workshops.
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January 11, 2011
Juan Sepúlveda, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, will address the National Educational Telecommunications Association’s Annual Conference Wednesday in Nashville. Sepúlveda will discuss Latino degree completion and the Obama administration's strategies to increase Latino students' access to a quality education.
