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| Duncan Challenges NEA to Accelerate School Reforms | Secretary Arne Duncan praised the National Education Association for its effort to improve the quality of the education workforce and challenged the union to reevaluate some of its policies on compensating teachers and offering them job protections. |
| $656 Million in Recovery Funds for Alabama | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $656 million in recovery funds for Alabama to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| $129 Million in Recovery Funds for Hawaii | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $129 million in recovery funds for Hawaii to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| $2.7 Billion for States Early | More than $2.7 billion is being made available early to help states as they face increasing budgetary pressures.
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| More Than $297 Million in Recovery Funds for Arkansas | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $297 million in recovery funds for Arkansas to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| More Than $625 Million in Recovery Funds for South Carolina | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $625 million in recovery funds for South Carolina to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| $178.5 Million in Recovery Funds for West Virginia | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $178.5 million in recovery funds for West Virginia to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| Title VI Anniversary | "Education is the civil rights issue of our generation," Secretary Duncan said in a statement on the 45th anniversary of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. |
| Relief for Federal Student Loan Borrowers | A new repayment option is available for Americans with heavy federal student loan burdens: the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan. |
| Resources to Push Reforms, Make College Affordable | Secretary Duncan announced that $13 billion will be available for schools and millions of dollars for better student loans and financial aid. |
| Good Teaching Can Be Enhanced with Technology | ED released a study providing further evidence of the tremendous opportunity to use technology to improve teaching and learning. |
| Charter Schools' Role in Turnaround Business | Secretary Duncan urged states to work with charter school operators to turn around struggling schools. |
| Helping Girls in Math, Science | Secretary Duncan announced $2.4 million in grants to help girls in math and science on the anniversary of Title IX. |
| Green Programs in Career and Technical Ed | Five states will receive technical assistance in developing green programs in career and technical education. |
| More Than $76 Million in Recovery Funds for Alaska | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $76 million in recovery funds for Alaska to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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| More Than $213 Million in Recovery Funds for New Mexico | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $213 million in recovery funds for New Mexico to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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| More Than $134.5 Million in Recovery Funds for New Hampshire | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $134.5 million in recovery funds for New Hampshire to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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| More Than $70 Million in Recovery Funds for North Dakota | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $70 million in recovery funds for North Dakota to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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| $191 Million in Recovery Funds for Nebraska | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $191 million in recovery funds for Nebraska to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.
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| Turning Around the Bottom 5% | Secretary Duncan discussed turning around America's lowest performing schools at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools Conference. |
| ED Expands Student Loan Servicing Capacity | Secretary Duncan announced that four companies were awarded contracts to service a portion of the approximately $550 billion outstanding federal student loan portfolio held by the Department. |
| Grants Awarded to Improve Education for Indian Children | Secretary Duncan announced the award of 14 grants totaling $3,404,882 to programs in 11 states that will help American Indian children succeed in school. |
| Professional Development Grants in Seven States Awarded to Improve Indian Education | Education programs in seven states--Arizona, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and South Dakota--have been selected to receive nearly $3.8 million to provide training programs to recruit and graduate new American Indian teachers and school administrators. |
| $60 Million in Recovery Funds for Washington, D.C. | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $60 million in recovery funds for Washington, D.C. to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| $18.5 Million to Improve School Libraries in Low-Income Schools | Secretary Duncan announced the award of $18.5 million to enhance libraries in 57 low-income school districts across the United States. |
| More Than $363 Million in Recovery Funds for Connecticut | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $363 million in recovery funds for Connecticut to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| More Than $1 Billion in Recovery Funds for Ohio | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $1 billion in recovery funds for Ohio to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| More Than $509 Million in Recovery Funds for Colorado | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $509 million in recovery funds for Colorado to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| More Than $681 Million in Recovery Funds for Arizona | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $681 million in recovery funds for Arizona to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| States Open to Charters Start Fast in 'Race to Top' | "States that do not have public charter laws or put artificial caps on the growth of charter schools will jeopardize their applications under the Race to the Top Fund," Secretary Duncan said. |
| Honest Answers About Reforms | Secretary Duncan called on state officials and researchers to deliver honest answers about school reforms. Speaking at the annual Institute of Education Sciences conference, he said reforms should be judged by results backed up by research proving their effectiveness. |
| Secretary Arne Duncan Takes His "Listening and Learning" Tour to New Jersey, More Than $891 Million in Recovery Funds for New Jersey | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $891 million in recovery funds for New Jersey to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| Grant Competition to Retrain Displaced Workers | Secretary Duncan announced a grant competition to establish innovative community college programs that prepare displaced workers for second careers. |
| More Than $1 Billion in Recovery Funds for Michigan | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than $1 billion in recovery funds for Michigan to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
| $301 Million in Recovery Funds for Kansas | Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of $301 million in recovery funds for Kansas to save teaching jobs and drive education reform. |
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