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19 Nov 2010, 3:38 pm by Susan I. Nelson
"President Obama has pledged to help Democrats pass the bill, and Education Secretary Arne Duncan also pressed the case on Thursday, saying that potential beneficiaries are an "untapped pool of talent. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 12:38 am
Greg Walden (PDF 128 KB)Letter Regarding Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions02/10/2009 Letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack From 23 Senators (PDF 28 KB)Letter Regarding the Interim Final Rule for Implementation of Payment Limits Mandated by the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 200802/10/2009 Letter to House Appropriations Chairman David Obey and House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel From Ranking Members Jerry Lewis and Dave Camp (PDF 648 KB)Letter Demands Republican… [read post]
3 Sep 2012, 5:24 am by Josh Sturtevant
Butterfield of North Carolina Former President Jimmy Carter (via video) San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who will be the first Latino keynote speaker at a Democratic National Convention Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee Congresswoman Judy Chu of California Congressman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri Former President Bill Clinton Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina Former Republican Governor of Florida Charlie Crist Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Walter Dalton The Honorable… [read post]
10 Sep 2012, 5:00 am by DLA Piper
Department of Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, is serious about enforcing the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, USC 1092(f) (“Clery Act”) requirements, the following recent Secretary decisions should satisfy any doubts. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 2:16 pm by Gary Becker
The support by Arne Duncan, the US Secretary of Education, of the newspaper's publication of this information is highly commendable. [read post]
29 Dec 2011, 8:49 am by azatty
According to the Department of Education press release: “Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the launch of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative, a collaborative project between the Departments of Justice and Education that will address the ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ and the disciplinary policies and practices that can push students out of school and into the justice system. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 2:25 am
Chris Dodd (PDF 51 KB)Letter Regarding Production and Distribution of the H1N1 Vaccine10/29/2009 Letter to Education Secretary Arne Duncan From Family Research Council President Tony Perkins (PDF 40 KB) Letter Expresses Concern About the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Assistant Secretary of Education Kevin Jennings 10/29/2009 Report: Estimated Revenue Effects of Affordable Health Care For America Act, H.R. 3962 (PDF 16 KB)Prepared by… [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 11:47 am
(a) Findings- The Congress finds the following: (1) On Wednesday, October 7, 2009, in a speech detailing the violence that our youth face, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan noted that, currently, 30 percent of students, or about 1,200,000 students a year, fail to complete high school on time. (2) The Division of Violence Prevention within the Centers for Disease Control observed that `violence diminishes and destroys the quality of life and freedom of individuals, families and… [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 1:42 pm
Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose department is pushing tighter regulation of for-profit colleges, expressed concern in September that some schools may violate the spirit of the law, which was meant to ensure that they offer an education good enough that some students are willing to pay for it out of their own pockets. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Anthony Cody
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has said that “we should be able to look every second grader in the eye and say, ‘You’re on track, you’re going to be able to go to a good college, or you’re not. [read post]
22 Feb 2015, 10:21 pm by Charles Fox
  The Republican insistence on transferring educational oversight from the federal government to the states fails to recognize, as stated by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, that “history shows that, without some kind of accountability, states and districts do not always meet the needs of the most vulnerable students. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 3:24 pm by Dennis Cariello
Department of Education (Department) Secretary Arne Duncan issued a decision in an administrative appeal that could have important ramifications for institutions of higher education. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 5:10 am by SHG
The Democrats held the office of Secretary of Education for the past eight years, first with Arne Duncan and then John King, Jr. [read post]
14 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm by Frederick M. Hess
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan funded new testing consortia in the hope, he said, that their tests would drive instruction and that they would work on “developing curriculum frameworks” and “instructional modules. [read post]
20 Jun 2015, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Only one other member of the president’s cabinet (Education Secretary Arne Duncan) has served the Obama administration from day one. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 3:24 pm by Dennis Cariello
Department of Education (Department) Secretary Arne Duncan issued a decision in an administrative appeal that could have important ramifications for institutions of higher education. [read post]
4 May 2014, 8:07 am by Rick Hills
Arne Duncan's criteria for approving waivers follow a traditional Republican script of demanding accountability from teachers for their students' performance. [read post]