The U.S. Department of Education’s back-to-school bus tour last month – aptly named Opportunity Across America – gave ED staff and others an opportunity to visit new Preschool Development Grants (PDG) classes in nine of the 18 states. Through ...
Posted Tuesday, October 11th 2016 at 10:12AM
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SURPRISE EDITION HOT OFF THE PRESS!
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Posted Monday, October 10th 2016 at 3:55PM
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Vice President Joe Biden says he plans to dedicate his life to cancer research when he leaves the White House in January.
Biden plans to build on the "cancer moonshot" initiative he launched earlier this year, which aims to help accelerate can ...
Posted Monday, September 26th 2016 at 10:31AM
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Remarks of President Barack Obama as Delivered
Weekly Address
The White House
September 24, 2016
Hi everybody. This weekend, we’ll dedicate the newest American icon on our National Mall – the National Museum of African American History ...
Posted Saturday, September 24th 2016 at 3:09PM
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Weekly Address: Upholding the Legacy of Those We Lost on September 11th
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, President Obama marked the 15th anniversary of the September 11th attacks and paid tribute to the victims, survivors, fi ...
Posted Friday, September 23rd 2016 at 2:43PM
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PRESS RELEASE:
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. Names Six Education Leaders to National Assessment Governing Board
September 23, 2016
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. announced today that six education ...
Posted Friday, September 23rd 2016 at 2:34PM
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Constitution Day is Coming Up!
September 17 is Constitution Day/Citizenship Day, commemorating the September 17, 1787, signing of the U.S. Constitution. In recognition, Congress has mandated that every educational institution receiving fede ...
Posted Tuesday, September 6th 2016 at 10:56AM
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Friends,
Do you want to help support our veterans? If so, please consider attending the VA Regional Outreach Event in San Diego, California on September 15th! The event will be from 8am to 4pm and will have speakers sharing information on how ...
Posted Tuesday, September 6th 2016 at 10:45AM
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today awarded approximately $300 million more in grants under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) program to help thousands of very low-income Veteran families around the nati ...
Posted Tuesday, September 6th 2016 at 10:38AM
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Labor Day is about celebrating the achievements of the men and women who built our great country. But for the last four decades, stagnant wages and the erosion of unions and collective bargaining have contributed to growing income inequality in A ...
Posted Monday, September 5th 2016 at 10:25AM
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IT'S HERE!
LOPnewsmag bringing you Pres. Obama Urging Congress to fund Zika, Nation of Second Chances, USDE Announcing Grant Awards, Sharing Native American College Success with Justin Going to College, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Programs, ...
Posted Friday, September 2nd 2016 at 6:05PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
On Friday, September 2, 2016, NAMI is leading a National Call-In Day for Senate Mental Health Reform.
The House passed mental health reform, the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act, last ...
Posted Thursday, September 1st 2016 at 11:31AM
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Last month, NAMI Maryland Executive Director, Kate Farinholt, had the opportunity to attend a briefing at White House as part of the White House 21st Century Policing Briefing Series.
Since the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing r ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:57AM
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Join us at the 2016 NAMI Maryland Annual Conference!
Registration for the 2016 NAMI Maryland Annual Conference is now open! This program will take place October 14-15, 2016 at the Conference Center at Sheppard Pratt in Towson.
Participants ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:51AM
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ALLLL Aboard the new LOP school bus! We are loading up for the 6th Annual USDE Back-to-School Bus Tour in just a few short days before we take off!
Ok, everyone's reading "I Saw You In His Eyes" available in Amazon Kindle format at: https://ww ...
Posted Monday, August 29th 2016 at 6:45AM
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HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Pres. Obama remarks on National Park Service 100th Anniversary (#FindYourPark),
NATION-AT-A-GLANCE FEATURING U. S. SURGEON GENERAL VIVEK MURTHY on OPIODS EPIDEMIC!! and so much more inside to share and discuss with your f ...
Posted Saturday, August 27th 2016 at 11:46AM
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NATIONAL PARK SERVICE'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY!
FREE ADMISSIONS ALL WEEKEND TO CELEBRATE!!!!
#FindYourPark: http://connect.usa.gov/free-entrance-to-national-parks-this…
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Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 5:47PM
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America's doctor just knocked on the doors of every single US physician across the country.
Virtually, at least. On Thursday, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sent this letter™÷ to 2.3 million American doctors asking for their help to curb what' ...
Posted Friday, August 26th 2016 at 1:30PM
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The White House Initiative (Initiative) on Educational Excellence for African Americans hosted the inaugural White House Summit on African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning (LGBTQ) Youth in Washington, DC in partn ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 11:13AM
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The African American Youth with Disabilities Summit:
The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans (the Initiative) hosted a White House Summit on African-American students with disabilities on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:57AM
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As a child, I loved spending Saturday afternoons at Eso Won Books, a Black-owned bookstore in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The store was filled with books full of images of Black girls, girls just like me. Eso Won often hosted storyt ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:41AM
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Many of you know the rock star, Pat Scott, from the film. She was the School Homeless Liaison at Prosser who was featured in the film. We're saddened to learn that she was victim to the recent outrageous layoffs by Chicago Public Schools. Not onl ...
Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:33AM
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We’re hitting the road for our sixth annual back-to-school bus tour, and earlier today we announced the eleven stops we’ll be making in seven states during the week of September 14. We’re really excited to be visiting the following locations:
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Posted Thursday, August 25th 2016 at 10:14AM
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Inspired by Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU recounts the eventful summer day in 1989 when a young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) tried to woo lawyer Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) during a daylon ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2016 at 1:36PM
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Press RELEASE!: "I Saw You In His Eyes" by Agnes B. Levine (ebook) is available for purchase NOW in the Amazon Kindle Store for $9.99 - https://www.amazon.com/I-Saw-You-His-Eyes-ebo…/…/ref=sr_1_1…!
This is a story of courage, humility, and t ...
Posted Wednesday, August 24th 2016 at 1:16PM
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