Category Archives: Back to School Tour 2012

Schools That Can

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Jim Shelton

For each of the last three years, Secretary Duncan has started the school year with a bus tour visiting schools and communities across the country to find what’s working in education and to hear the concerns, insights, and lessons learned … Continue reading →

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From Farming to the Forefront of Education: A College President’s Story

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Julie Ewart

As a teen growing up on his family’s 1,000-acre farm in southeastern Illinois, Terry Wilkerson had no plans to go college. “At that point in my life, I didn’t see the value of an education.  I just needed to get … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Highlights from Education Drives America Tour

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

After more than 100 events in 48 communities in 12 states, the Education Drives America bus tour came to a close last Friday at the Department’s plaza in Washington. Secretary Duncan wraps up the tour in the video below, and … Continue reading →

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Back-to-School Bus Tour Ends on High Note

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

On its final day, the Education Drives America bus made stops in Roanoke and Richmond, Va., and a final rally at the Department of Education headquarters in Washington. In Roanoke, Secretary Duncan joined Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education … Continue reading →

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Appalachian Bound: Bus Tour Day Seven

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

Lexington: Finding inspiration in language Deputy Secretary Tony Miller stopped by Picadome Elementary School in Lexington, Ky for the first stop of day seven of the Department’s back-to-school bus tour across the country. Picadome is a unique school in that … Continue reading →

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Back-to-School Tour in the News

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Laurie Calvert

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 →

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Back-to-School Tour in the News

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Jeanne Ackerson

The Education Drives America bus kept rolling east on Day 6 with multiple stops in Missouri and Illinois and Indiana by U.S. Department of Education senior staff. Columbia, Mo. U.S. Education’s Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Jim Shelton … Continue reading →

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Teachers’ Voices Heard on U.S. Department of Education Bus Tour

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Dan Brown

Over eighty meetings with teachers and school leaders in a two-week cross-country blitz—not bad work for a team of twelve Teaching Ambassador Fellows (TAFs) working for a year with the U.S. Department of Education. The Department of Education’s third annual … Continue reading →

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Collaboration on Display in Three States: Bus Tour Day Six

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

Columbia: Rural educators teaching with technology Rural educators face a challenge of isolation. Miles away from their peers, collaboration and training can often be difficult. Technology is helping bridge this geographic divide, and was the focus of our first Education … Continue reading →

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Back-to-School Tour in the News

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Laurie Calvert

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 →

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We’re Not in Kansas Anymore…But We Were for Bus Tour Day Five

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

Topeka: Celebrating a legacy of hope and courage If we’ve learned anything in three years of producing back-to-school tours, it’s that an event that begins with a high school band is bound to be terrific. That was certainly the case … Continue reading →

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Connecting with Colorado Communities: Bus Tour Day Four

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Cameron Brenchley

Denver: Getting fit and staying healthy It may have been a once-in-lifetime occurrence: two cabinet secretaries, one governor, two U.S. senators and dozens of students all line-dancing. Historic or not, the importance of the Let’s Move! back-to-school bus tour event … Continue reading →

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