New — Nuclear Energy Learning Resources for Schools
provides a list of resources for learning about nuclear energy topics. Find information about how nuclear reactors work, what makes certain materials radioactive, the importance of nuclear energy in the 21st century, and more. (Argonne National Laboratory, Department of Energy)Cosmology 101
Is a primer on scientific efforts to understand the origin, evolution, and fate of the universe. Among the questions it explores: What types of matter and energy fill the universe? What is the age and shape of the universe? How rapidly is it expanding? The website examines the Big Bang theory, as well as tests and limitations of the theory. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)06.26.08
The Thomas Jefferson Papers
Contains more than 20,000 digitized images of various letters, memoranda, notes, and drafts of documents, books, papers, letters, and manuscripts of the third President, as well as correspondence, commonplace books, and financial account books. The online collection is being produced in installments. The first release deals with Mr. Jefferson's general correspondence, dating from 1621 through 1789, and documents relating to Virginia history, from 1606-1737. (Library of Congress)06.25.08
Website Provides Information on ED’s Authority to Purchase Federal Student Loans
A new website provides guidance, letters, and other information regarding ED's authority to purchase federal student loans under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008.Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans
A new website provides guidance, letters, and other information regarding ED's authority to purchase federal student loans under the Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008.President to Nominate Kuzmich, Marston to Be Assistant Secretaries
President Bush has announced his intention to nominate Christopher M. Marston to be Assistant Secretary for Management and Holly A. Kuzmich to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Congressional Affairs at the Department of Education. The White House released the following statements.Planet Quest
Is devoted to the search for new worlds. This search is being conducted over the next 15 years through a series of NASA missions using the most sensitive instruments ever made. Learn how scientists discover planets and determine whether a planet is habitable. Search the "atlas of planets" to see what planets have been discovered thus far (102) or tour the multimedia gallery. Resources for teachers and learning activities for students are provided. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)06.24.08
New — ToxMystery
features an animated game that helps elementary students learn about common household hazards. Students enter a house and go room to room, mousing over items, clicking on those that move, and answering questions. Lesson plans and parent resources are included. (National Library of Medicine)Genetic Science Learning Center
Features animations and activities for learning about DNA, cells, and other topics in genetics and bioscience. Build a DNA molecule. Transcribe and translate a gene. See why a firefly's tail glows. Use DNA evidence to solve a mystery. Extract DNA from wheat germ and see real DNA. Find out how genetics are being used to save endangered species. Learn about stem cells, addiction, gene therapy, cloning, and genetically modified food. (University of Utah, National Institutes of Health)06.23.08
Reading First Data Show Gains
New data from states show improvement in nearly every grade and subgroup, including English language learners and students with disabilities.06.20.08
Character and Good Citizenship Grants Awarded
Schools in Kansas, Florida and New York will share $1.4 million in grants designed to help them implement programs that teach the principles of character development and the responsibilities of citizenship to their students, Secretary Spellings announced.States Chosen to Implement and Scale-Up Evidence-Based Practices
ED's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) announced that its national technical assistance center has selected six states with which it will work to expand promising, evidence-based practices for K-12 students.States to Scale-Up Evidence-Based Practices
ED's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) announced that its national technical assistance center has selected six states with which it will work to expand promising, evidence-based practices for K-12 students.The Space Place — A Teaching and Learning Resource
Is a place where kids can learn how to make balloon-powered nano-rovers and pop rockets, discover what it's like to be a space engineer, and conduct experiments to identify the best materials for use in space. The site includes space facts and crossword puzzles, riddles, an Intergalactic Adventures board game that explores a black hole, and other fun activities. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)The Space Place: A Teaching and Learning Resource
Is a place where kids can learn how to make balloon-powered nano-rovers and pop rockets, discover what it's like to be a space engineer, and conduct experiments to identify the best materials for use in space. The site includes space facts and crossword puzzles, riddles, an Intergalactic Adventures board game that explores a black hole, and other fun activities. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)06.19.08
Spellings Addresses Summit on Education Reform
Secretary Spellings delivered the keynote address at Excellence in Action: A National Summit on Education Reform at the Walt Disney Contemporary Resort in Florida. Following are the Secretary's remarks as prepared.06.18.08
Teaching and Learning Resource — Climate
Provides lessons, video clips, and interactive resources for learning about the Antarctic Ice Sheet, research in Antarctica, the carbon cycle, the difference between weather and climate, carbon dioxide and its physical properties, changes in carbon dioxide concentrations, greenhouse gases, the physics of the greenhouse effect, drilling into the Greenland Ice Sheet and examining ice cores, energy consumption, ways to reduce energy consumption at home, and ice and its role in the earth system. (Teachers' Domain, Multiple Agencies)06.17.08
Spellings Visits High Tech High, Speaks at Biotech Awards Banquet
Secretary Spellings visited the Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs High Tech High School in San Diego, Calif., to learn how the school is challenging students with rigorous coursework in science, technology, engineering and math and to participate in an education policy roundtable discussion with students, teachers and administrators.TV Show Tonight: Community Service and Citizenship
ED's monthly TV show, "Education News Parents Can Use," concludes its 2007-08 season by examining how student service activities and volunteer efforts build good character, inspire civic responsibility and promote academic learning.06.12.08
Grant to Florida to Help Create More Charter Schools
Deputy Secretary Simon announced the award of a $33.6 million grant to Florida to help it create more quality charter schools and increase school choices that parents have to provide to their children.TV Show: Community Service, Character, and Civic Ed
The June edition of Education News Parents Can Use will showcase the work of the USA Freedom Corps, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the U.S. Department of Education, and other federal, state, local, business and philanthropic programs devoted to creating a culture of service and responsible youth citizenship.Teaching and Learning Resource — Microbial Life
Focuses on the ecology, diversity, and evolution of micro-organisms. Learn about marine microbes and extremophile microbes that live in inhospitable environments. Explore the Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and the red tide through case studies. Find out about microbial observatories and extreme environments, including Mono Lake (a lake in California's Eastern Sierra), Octopus Spring (a hot spring that is home to various thermophiles and microbial mat communities), and others. (Science Education Resource Center, National Science Foundation)06.11.08
William Blake Archive
Brings together Blake's disparate, widely dispersed, and often restricted major visual and artistic works in one searchable website. The archive contains scalable electronic editions of Blake's illuminated works with full, up-to-date bibliographic information about each image. (University of Virginia, National Endowment for the Humanities)Save D.C.’s Vouchers
Secretary Spellings explains why Congress should "ensure that the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program has the resources not only to survive but to grow, for this school year and beyond" in a op-ed that appeared in the Washington Post on July 8, 2008.
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