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September 30, 1998

• Riley Announces $1.4 Million to Oregon for Comprehensive School Reform Programs

• Riley Announces $2.3 Million to Alabama for Comprehensive School Reform Programs

• Mississippi Awarded $3.2 Million School-to-Work Grant

• Virginia Receives $6.3 Million School-to-Work Grant

September 29, 1998

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley on Release of Education Week's Technology Counts '98 Report

September 25, 1998

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley on the Conference Report of the Higher Education Reauthorization Act

• Wyoming Receives $1.57 Million School-to-Work Grant

September 24, 1998

• Riley Announces $96.5 Million on Magnet School Grants

• $6 Million Awarded to Educate Families and Schools About 1997 Landmark Amendments to Special Education Law

September 23, 1998

• National Distinguished Schools Principals Honored

• Decade of Voc-Ed Training Materials, Videos, CD-Roms and Reports Summarized in New Guidebook

September 22, 1998

• Technology Challenge Grants for Professional Development Awarded to 20 Partnerships

September 21, 1998

• Georgia Awarded $6 Million School-to-Work Grant

September 18, 1998

• First National Reading Summit Launches Comprehensive Crusade for Child Literacy, Riley Issues Five Challenges

September 17, 1998

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley on the Dollars to the Classroom Act

September 14, 1998

• Riley Announces "America Goes Back to School" Co-Chairs

September 11, 1998

• National Reading Summit to Call Changes in Teaching of Reading

September 9, 1998

• Education Report Shows Poverty Linked to Student achievement

September 8, 1998

• First Lady Announces $1.8 Million School-to-Work Grant for District of Columbia

• First Lady Announces $10 Million for Reading Specialists in D.C. Schools

• New Education Study Shows U.S. Schools Face Third Consecutive Year of Record Enrollment

September 4, 1998

• Riley Announces $355,000 To North Dakota for Comprehensive School Reform Programs

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley on National Academy of Science Studies About Voluntary National Testing

• Riley $12 Million to Texas for Comprehensive School Reform Programs

September 1, 1998

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley on Action by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education

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