Information/Schedule Subject to Change

Monday, August 3

8:30 a.m. EDT
OPEN: The Secretary will give opening remarks and take questions from the audience at the Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 2009 National Conference.
Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, Potomac Ballroom, 201 Waterfront St., Oxon Hill, MD

Tuesday, August 4

4:10 p.m. EDT
OPEN: The Secretary will give remarks on the importance of high-quality teachers and principals at the Strategic Management of Human Capital National Task Force.
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Wednesday, August 5

No Public Events

Thursday, July 30

10:30 a.m. EDT
OPEN: The Secretary will give remarks at the National Student Leadership Conference.
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD

Friday, August 7

10 a.m. EDT

OPEN: The Secretary will deliver the keynote address at the District of Columbia Public Schools’ Summer Graduation.
Washington Convention Center, 801 Mount Vernon Pl., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Noon EDT

OPEN: The Secretary will join Susan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, and Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget, for the Department’s summer reading initiative, “Read to the Top!”
U.S. Department of Education Headquarters, 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C.

2 p.m. EDT

OPEN: The Secretary will be the featured guest on the American Council on Education’s higher education Webinar, “A Conversation with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.” Viewing only; no questions from the press. For additional information, call (202) 939-9367.