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StoryCorps Project Honors America’s Teachers
If you could tell your favorite teacher what influence he or she has had on your life, what would you say? And if you are, or ever have been, a teacher, what would you say to a student who made … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession, What We Heard
Tagged Arne Duncan
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Red Jackets On, City Year Supports At-Risk Students
CLEVELAND-You know them immediately by their red coats. And their enthusiasm. They are City Year corps members-young Americans who serve for a year in urban communities throughout the country, including in Cleveland and its public schools. On Wednesday afternoon, City … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School Tour 2011, Headlines, Innovation, News, Schools and Community
Tagged SIG
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Cleveland-area Superintendents Talk Back to Washington
CLEVELAND—After a morning spent with students promoting school nutrition and physical education, Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Michael Yudin sat down Tuesday afternoon with superintendents from more than a dozen school districts in the Cleveland metropolitan area, … Continue reading
Cleveland Middle School Helps Put ED Tour in Motion
SOLON, Ohio—For a back-to-school sprint through the Great Lakes region, it just seemed to make sense to warm up with a little physical activity. So that’s what Michael Yudin, the Department’s acting assistant secretary for elementary and secondary education, did … Continue reading
Posted in Back to School Tour 2011, Fueled and Fit, Headlines, News
Tagged Blue Ribbon Schools, Let's Move!
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Uninsured Children: An Education Challenge
If there were millions of children in America whose families didn’t know they could enroll in school, we’d feel an urgent need to get the message out them, wouldn’t we? Continue reading
Posted in Early Learning, Fueled and Fit, News, Photos
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Students Quiz Secretary
Secretary Duncan took questions from high school students on the Sept. 2 edition of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation.” Continue reading
Central High Student Keeps His Eyes on the Prize
The students we met along the Courage in the Classroom Tour showed great commitment to their own educations. Meet one of them. Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Back To School Tour, College Completion, News, Photos
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Brown Bag Lunch
HATTIESBURG, Miss.–Teachers often have to squeeze lunch into their busy days, so we were honored that a group of educators from Hattiesburg’s public schools took time Friday to have a sandwich with Arne on the high school campus. The conversation … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Back To School Tour, News
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Freedom School Program Jackson State
The bus tour stopped at Jackson State University to visit the Kids Kollege Children’s Defense Fund Freedom School after-school program. Watch the video. Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Back To School Tour, News, Photos
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Voices of Courage: Dr. Tom Burnham
We’ve been fortunate on the Courage in the Classroom tour to have a number of state-level leaders join us along the way. On Thursday the state education commissioner of Arkansas, Dr. Tom Kimbrell, and the state superintendent in Louisiana, Paul … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Back To School Tour, News
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Secretary Dunkin’
After a day of events in Arkansas and Louisiana, Secretary Duncan changed out of his suit and tie for a basketball scrimmage with the Madison High School Jaguars in Tallulah. Watch the video. Continue reading
Posted in 2010 Back To School Tour, News, Photos
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