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Back-to-School Tour in the News
The Education Drives America bus tour recently stopped in Illinois Kentucky and West Virginia. Check out some of the press coverage from the past few days of the Education Drives America back-to-school bus tour. Lexington, Ky. Jim Shelton spent two … Continue reading
Posted in Back To School Tour, Back to School Tour 2012, Headlines, News
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Back-to-School Tour in the News
On Monday, Secretary Duncan traveled to Denver to visit Lowry Elementary School with Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of health and human services, U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper. In the afternoon, Duncan participated in a … Continue reading
Back-to-School Tour in the News: Day Two
Visiting Nevada and Utah as part of the Department’s “Education Drives America” back-to-school bus tour, Secretary Arne Duncan, Under Secretary Martha Kanter, Chief of Staff Joanne Weiss, and Assistant Secretary Deb Delisle, along with other Department officials, met with educators … Continue reading
Teachers and Principals Get Engaged
About 180 teachers, school principals and education advocates convened at the U.S. Department of Education’s headquarters last Friday to make connections and engage in important conversations about how educators will lead the transformation of their profession. With representatives from their … Continue reading
Summer Seminar Gets Personal
Recently teachers from across the country participated in a summer seminar to grapple with an emerging hot topic in education: how to personalize learning in a classroom full of diverse students with varying interests, skills and learning styles. The seminar, … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Innovation, National Education Technology Plan, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged ED Tech
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Join ED for Our Teacher Summer Seminars
You are invited! Join ED for our second annual Teacher Summer Seminars. This summer’s seminars–presented by teachers–will consider strategies used by teachers to ensure students’ civil rights in the classroom and to engage them through personalized learning. The seminars take … Continue reading
Teachers Thanking Teachers
During Teacher Appreciation Week, we’ve seen videos and read countless Tweets from students and former students thanking a teacher who made a difference for them. Over the last few days, I’ve been struck particularly by the number of excellent teachers … Continue reading
Viva la Revolution! State Teachers of the Year Advise ED about Teacher Policy
At the end of a week of activities in Washington to honor the accomplishments of the state Teachers of the Year, those teachers engaged in a conversation about how to improve the teaching profession. It began as ten small-group discussions … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession, What We Heard
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Keeping REAL-Time at Glasgow Middle
Three years ago, Principal of Glasgow Middle School (Fairfax, Va.) Deirdre Lavery found herself face to face with the classic middle school dilemma: how to make all students in her diverse population feel a part of large school community while … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Teachers, Teaching Profession
Tagged Middle Grades, Middle School
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Lisa Jones Grows Her Own at Watkins Elementary School
No doubt about it, the best part of my job as teacher liaison for ED is getting to watch teachers who are really great at their jobs caught up in the art of teaching. This happened not long ago, when … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Teachers
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Out-of-Work Teachers Visit White House, Weigh In on Jobs Bill at ED
As President Obama held up a copy of his American Jobs Act in the White House Rose Garden Monday and urged Congress to put aside political differences to put Americans back to work, he was surrounded by a supportive audience … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Schools and Community, Teachers, Teaching Profession, What We Heard
Tagged American Jobs Act
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Summer Seminars at Six: An Introduction to Education Policy
These seminars are designed to share information about education policy that will help teachers to be engaged and participate in policy discussions at the federal, state and district level. Led by teachers working at the Department, along with other staff, … Continue reading
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