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Listening to Teachers: Why It’s Important We Hear Your Voices
“Teachers have made a huge difference in my life. Among my key priorities this year is lifting up our nation’s teachers and the education profes ...
Posted Thursday, May 26th 2016 at 2:07PM
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Posted Thursday, May 26th 2016 at 11:45AM
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Senior Savenaca Gasaiwai is only one of around 30 Pacific Islander undergraduates out of over 24,000 at the University of California, Irvine.
That’s why he was surprised last year when a senior administrator at the school told him that that ...
Posted Wednesday, May 25th 2016 at 1:20PM
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In this week's address, President Obama discussed one of the single most important steps to help grow middle-class wages – expanding the number of workers who are eligible for the overtime that they have earned. Every week, millions of American ...
Posted Saturday, May 21st 2016 at 1:57PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama's remarks on ADDICTIONS, H&HS Sec. Burwell FOSTER CARE MONTH news and GRANT information, USDE Sec. Dr. John King's tRANSGENDER gUIDELINES AND grant INFORMATION, NAMIMARYLAND WALK information for Saturday's WALK, Nati ...
Posted Friday, May 20th 2016 at 2:28PM
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God willing, this Sunday, May 22, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. EST., please join your Marriage and Relationship Servants, Brother Marcus, Sister Cecelia, and TheMarriageKeepers as we confront the powerful topic, “I really would like to court you… but I am ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 5:45PM
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NAMIWalks Maryland
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Welcome to the 2016 NAMIWalks Maryland!
HONORARY CHAIRS, Senator Ben Cardin and Mrs. Myrna Edelman Cardin
Every journey begins with that first step! As NAMIWalks celebrates our 14 ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 12:13PM
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As you may know, Black women in the United States have been suing Johnson & Johnson over revelations that the company promoted its baby powder heavily in the Black community. More than 1,000 women are currently suing J & J.
Go here to read my bl ...
Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 8:41AM
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More about my cancer journey. Plus a link to a news story about the fact that Medicaid in Connecticut has been cut. So some cancer patients can no longer access radiotherapy. And this may particularly affect Black and Latina women patients.
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Posted Thursday, May 19th 2016 at 8:37AM
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Today, a parent navigating the child welfare system in Spokane, Washington, might cross paths with Heather Cantamessa. Heather is the coordinator for the Spokane County Parents for Parents Program, a county-wide effort to bring together government, c ...
Posted Wednesday, May 18th 2016 at 11:11AM
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FACT SHEET: Expanding College Access Through the Dual Enrollment Pell Experiment
Earning a college degree is an increasingly important step towards entering the middle class. Yet less than 10 percent of children born in the bottom quartile of ho ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 1:07PM
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"Let's Get In-Formation"
Parents' Bulletin
National Black Child Development Institute’s
Parent Power BootCamp
“Let’s Get In-Formation”
The Parent Power BootCamp is designed to educate parents and caregivers on the Every Stu ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 12:49PM
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Many small businesses, especially ones in older buildings, have struggled to comply with the requirements of the ADA, including making access to their buildings and restrooms suitable for the disabled.
What many business owners don’t know is ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 12:16PM
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U.S. Department of Education Awards $530,000 to Umpqua Community College to Help Recovery From Campus Shooting
U.S. Department of Education sent this bulletin at 05/16/2016 04:20 PM EDT
U.S. Department of Education Awards $530,000 to Umpqua Co ...
Posted Tuesday, May 17th 2016 at 11:54AM
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In this week's address, Grammy Award-winning artist Macklemore joined President Obama to discuss a disease that affects far too many Americans: addiction. Macklemore opened up about his own experience, his life in recovery, and the loss of a frie ...
Posted Monday, May 16th 2016 at 11:49AM
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Over the past few years the public sector has not contributed much, if anything, to GDP and the US economy's growth.
There is one implemented policy, however, that appears to be helping.
Aneta Markowska, an economist at Societe Generale, br ...
Posted Monday, May 16th 2016 at 10:45AM
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Secretary King to Participate in Dual Enrollment Roundtable Discussion at College of Southern Maryland
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!:
Contact: Press Office, (202) 401-1576, press@ed.gov
Event Date 1 : May 16, 2016 - 10:00am
U.S. Secretary of ...
Posted Saturday, May 14th 2016 at 1:09PM
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Resources for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Students
Title IX protects all students, including transgender and gender-nonconforming students, from sex discrimination. Title IX encompasses discrimination based on a student’s nonconform ...
Posted Saturday, May 14th 2016 at 12:43PM
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Posted Friday, May 13th 2016 at 2:01PM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama's Mother's Day Message, #SCOTUS News, USDE Grant Competitions, Nation-At-A-Glance featuring Broderick Johnson, Chairman, My Brother's Keeper Initiative, much more inside to read, start and keep many conversatio ...
Posted Friday, May 13th 2016 at 1:42PM
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When I first heard about the first ParentCamp International, I knew I had to be there! As a Hispanic/Latina mother of a son receiving Special Education services and who works closely with international families in schools, I felt I couldn’t miss ...
Posted Thursday, May 12th 2016 at 12:32PM
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You're Invited: 2 New Webinars!
U.S. Department of Education sent this bulletin at 05/12/2016 10:35 AM EDT
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Webinar:
National Voices, Local Efforts: Learning Lessons on Universal Pre-K
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Posted Thursday, May 12th 2016 at 11:57AM
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WASHINGTON, May 11, 2016 - TOMORROW, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will deliver keynote remarks and announce a major new investment in conservation practices that improve soil, water, plant, animal, air and related natural resources on agricultur ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 1:30PM
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First Lady Michelle Obama's Reach Higher Initiative and the U.S. Department of Education today announced five finalists in the Reach Higher Career App Challenge, a prize competition to promote the development of mobile app solutions that will help ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 12:51PM
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This is not a time to act out of fear. This is a time to summon our national virtues of inclusivity, diversity, compassion and open-mindedness. What we must not do — what we must never do — is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow ...
Posted Wednesday, May 11th 2016 at 10:41AM
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