Media Advisories
Education Secretary to Discuss School Improvement Efforts at Middle Schools Across the Country
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will address hundreds of educators and school officials during his keynote address at the National Forum’s Annual Schools to Watch Conference at 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, June 23. The conference will be held at the Marriott Crystal Gateway Hotel in Arlington, Va
U.S. Education Official Carl Harris to Participate in North Carolina New Schools Project Tomorrow in Durham
Carl Harris, deputy assistant secretary for policy and state technical assistance for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, will discuss the Department’s work to ensure that every student is provided with a high quality education at the North Carolina New Schools Project (NCNSP) Summer Institute tomorrow in Durham, N.C.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Give Remarks at National Charter School Conference in Atlanta
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will give remarks, via live uplink, at the National Charter School Conference in Atlanta. He will discuss the important role of charter schools in education reform at 9:05 a.m. Wednesday, June 22. Nia Phillips, chief of staff in the Office of Innovation and Improvement, will participate in a panel discussion later that afternoon at 3:45 p.m.
White House Hispanic Education Initiative Director and Deputy Director to Participate in San Antonio Conference
Juan Sepúlveda, executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans, and Deputy Director Jose Rico will discuss the Obama administration's strategies to increase Latino students' access to a quality education on Friday, June 24 in San Antonio.
U.S. Education Secretary Duncan and U.S. Labor Secretary Solis to Give Remarks at National Conference of Black Mayors Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, joined by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, will keynote the National Conference of Black Mayors Legislative Policy Summit at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday, June 22, at the Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C.
U.S. Department of Education Senior Official to Discuss the Need for Innovation in the Development of Learning Products at Games for Change Annual Festival
Jim Shelton, assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement, will discuss the need for the learning sciences to play a more substantial role in the development of learning products and the need for both a new infrastructure for learning and learning technology at the Games for Change eighth annual festival in New York City on Tuesday, June 21.
Secretary Duncan to Honor 2011 U.S. Presidential Scholars During Medallion Ceremony
High school seniors from across the nation will be honored for their outstanding accomplishments in academics and the arts in Washington, D.C., June 18-21. Highlights of the activities on Monday include a Medallion Ceremony with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at 3:30 p.m.
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education to Deliver Remarks at 20th Anniversary Conference of the European Access Network in Amsterdam
Brenda Dann-Messier, assistant secretary for vocational and adult education at the U.S. Department of Education, will deliver remarks at the European Access Network (EAN)'s 20th anniversary conference in Amsterdam on Monday, June 20, at 6:00 p.m. She is delivering the 10th Maggie Woodrow Memorial Lecture, named after the founder of EAN who served as its executive director for 10 years.
Deputy Director of White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics to Discuss Latino Degree Completion at El Valor Conference
Jose Rico, deputy director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, will highlight the issues behind Latino degree completion and discuss the Obama Administration's strategies to increase Latino students' access to a quality education during the El Valor Conference on Saturday, June 18 in Oak Lawn, Ill.
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