The U.S. Department of Education's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Rural Outreach, John White, will travel to Mississippi this week to speak at a multi-agency rural health IT collaborative stakeholder workshop hosted by White House Rural Council partners from the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA), and Health and Human Services (HHS). While in the Delta, White will also meet with leaders of USDA's Strike Force initiative and visit the Indianola Promise Neighborhood.

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Deb Delisle will give opening remarks at the 52nd Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators on Monday, July 29 in Columbia, Mo. Delisle will discuss school improvement and what students need from education leaders and administrators today. The theme of the conference is “School Leadership for the 21st Century” and is sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will host the third Let's Read! Let's Move! event of 2013 on Wed., July 24, at 11:20 a.m. at the U.S. Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C. Joining Duncan will be Miss America 2013 Mallory Hagan, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and George Zamka, two-time space shuttle astronaut.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit Denver, Colo., on Friday, July 19 where he will spotlight preschool for all, college affordability, education reform and issues affecting the Hispanic community.

Greg Darnieder, the U.S. Secretary of Education's senior advisor on the College Access Initiative, will deliver remarks at the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships/Gear Up Annual Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 16-17, in San Francisco. On Tuesday, he will discuss the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and college access.

Acting Assistant Secretary Michael Yudin will deliver opening remarks at the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) project directors' conference on Monday, July 15 at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. Yudin will share information about the administration’s priorities and his vision for achieving inclusion, equity and opportunity for children and youth with disabilities.

Deb Delisle, assistant secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, will discuss the importance of strengthening America’s teacher preparation programs in remarks at the 60th annual meeting of the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) Thursday in Washington.

Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education, will provide opening remarks at an event hosted by New America Foundation to release a major new assessment of higher education in the United States at 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 10, in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will address the 60th annual meeting of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) at 9:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 9, in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius for an online gathering of over 20 non-profits and thousands of leading children's advocates to promote high-quality early learning opportunities for our nation's youngest children. The Secretaries will highlight the need to give all children a strong start so that they have a better chance to thrive in school and stay on track for college and career success.

On Monday, July 1, Acting Deputy Secretary of Education Jim Shelton will participate in a panel discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado. The panel, entitled Ready to Learn? Ready to Teach?, will discuss what the Common Core means to our nation's struggling schools.