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August 27, 1996

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley Regarding the SAT Scores

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley Regarding the 1996 Phi Kappa/Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools

August 22, 1996

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley Regarding the Alabama State Board of Education Vote to Participate in Goals 2000

• South Dakota Receives 2nd Year Goals 2000 Funds; Riley Says Education Improvement "Critical to Nation's Future"

August 21, 1996

• School Enrollments to Hit All-Time Record

August 20, 1996

• Harvard University, World Education Selected for New Center on Adult Learning and Literacy

August 16, 1996

• New Report Compares Education in States, Nations; 20 States Top 20 Industrialized Nations in Attaining Secondary Degrees by Age 34 [Figure 21b]

August 15, 1996

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley Regarding 1996 Act Assessment Results

August 13, 1996

• U.S. Department of Education Home to the "Best Boss in America"

August 8, 1996

• Forty-Nine States OPT for Streamline Application for Federal K-12 Education Funds; Less Paperwork, Better Coordination

• Drive of Olympic Athletes Can Help Nation's Youth Resist Drugs and Violence

• Florida Receives 3rd Year Goals 2000 Funds

August 6, 1996

• Star School Grants Boost Adult Learning

August 5, 1996

• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley Regarding Making Standards Matter

• Location, Poverty and Schools

August 2, 1996

• Latest Study Confirms: Education Pays Off

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