07.30.08
Higher Ed Grants to Prepare and Plan for Emergencies
Secretary Spellings announced the award of $5.2 million for 13 new grants to colleges and universities to develop and implement emergency management plans for preventing and responding to campus violence and natural disasters in order to ensure the safety of the entire campus community.Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking
looks at the science behind food and cooking. Learn about what happens when you eat sugar, bake bread, cook an egg, or pickle foods. Find out how muscle turns to meat, what makes meat tender, and what gives meat its flavor. Take tours of breads and spices of the world. Explore your sense of taste and smell. (Exploratorium, National Science Foundation)07.29.08
Special Ed Teacher Training Grants Announced
ED announced the award of $2.4 million in grants to 20 institutions in 15 states to help train highly qualified teachers of students with high incidence disabilities, such as learning disabilities, emotional disturbance and mental retardation.To Know Ourselves
Tells about the Human Genome Project and provides general information about and links to the coordinated effort to determine the complete sequence of the DNA in the human genome. It surveys the project's goals, the tools being used to map genetic code, the spin-off technologies generated by the project, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of knowing our genetic blueprint. (Human Genome Project, Department of Energy)07.25.08
Secretary Spellings’ Remarks at Summit on Higher Education
Secretary Spellings spoke at the 2008 Higher Education Summit, "A Test of Leadership," in Chicago.Brazilian Student Exchanges and Partnerships Grants
Secretary Spellings announced the award of 13 new grants totaling $364,904 to promote partnerships between universities and to increase education and training opportunities in a wide range of academic and professional disciplines for students and faculty in both countries.Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations
Features collections of dozens of animations for teaching geoscience topics -- atmosphere, biosphere, climate, earth's surface, energy and material cycles, geology, human dimensions, hydrosphere and cryosphere, hydrology, ocean, solar system, solid earth, earth history, and more. Learn what makes an effective visualization and best practices for using visualizations in the classroom. (Carleton College, National Science Foundation)07.24.08
Grant to Oregon to Help Create Charter Schools
ED Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Doug Mesecar visited the Self Enhancement Inc., Academy in Portland, Ore., today to present a $9,500,000 Charter School Program grant award to the Oregon Department of Education. Susan Castillo, Oregon State Superintendent of Public Instruction, joined Mesecar for the announcement.Grant to Oregon to Help Create Charter Schools
ED Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Doug Mesecar visited the Self Enhancement Inc., Academy in Portland, Ore., today to present a $9,500,000 Charter School Program grant award to the Oregon Department of Education. Susan Castillo, Oregon State Superintendent of Public Instruction, joined Mesecar for the announcement.NASA Science
Looks at NASA's past, present, and future missions. It includes interactive tables and searches for earth, heliophysics, planetary, and astrophysics missions; information about dark matter and dark energy, planets around other stars, climate change, Mars, and space weather; science questions for NASA science missions; a "citizen scientist" page of resources to help citizens engage in scientific investigation; and expanded "For Educators" and "For Kids" pages. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)07.23.08
When You Visit ED.gov, What Do You Hope to Accomplish?
When you visit ED.gov, why do you come -- what do you hope to accomplish? We are trying to identify the most important or popular tasks that people hope to accomplish at ED.gov, the main website of the U.S. Department of Education. Please help! Simply select the 5 tasks that are most important to you when you visit ED.gov.Calculator-Controlled Robots
Is a guide book for using calculator-controlled robots with students in Grades 6-9 over the course of one semester. Missions are built sequentially on the knowledge of previous activities. The first missions have step-by-step programming instructions; in later missions, students create their own programs. Students use math and science concepts to direct their robots through various challenges. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)07.22.08
Technical Assistance Center for Minority Institutions
ED announced the award of a $1.5 million grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago for a national center to help minority institutions seek funding opportunities for projects that serve students with disabilities, especially in personnel development.Grants for Critical Foreign Language Instruction
ED announced the award of more than $2.2 million in grants to school districts in seven states to help increase the number of Americans learning foreign languages critical to national security and commerce. The five-year grants were awarded to local educational agencies to work in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education.Golf Great Phil Mickelson Stresses Value of Math, Science
Phil Mickelson, the No. 2-ranked pro golfer in the world, visited the ED to emphasize the value of math and science by showing students from Quantico, Fort Belvoir and Washington, D.C., how those subjects influence golf.New — Early Childhood Education
looks at two teaching practices found to be effective in center-based settings with 3- to 5-year-old children who are not yet in kindergarten: teaching phonological awareness and using interactive and dialogic reading. See videos of these practices in schools and classrooms. Learn about the research base behind these practices. Find tools and templates you can use. (Department of Education)Early Childhood Education
Looks at two teaching practices found to be effective in center-based settings with 3- to 5-year-old children who are not yet in kindergarten: teaching phonological awareness and using interactive and dialogic reading. See videos of these practices in schools and classrooms. Learn about the research base behind these practices. Find tools and templates you can use. (Department of Education)07.17.08
How the United States Is Governed
Looks at national, state, and local governments in the U.S. Chapters focus on the federal government, state governments, local government, elections and the electoral process, nongovernmental organizations and institutions that influence public policy, and similarities and differences between the U.S. system of government and other forms of democratic government. (Department of State)07.16.08
New — How the United States Is Governed
looks at national, state, and local governments in the U.S. Chapters focus on the federal government, state governments, local government, elections and the electoral process, nongovernmental organizations and institutions that influence public policy, and similarities and differences between the U.S. system of government and other forms of democratic government. (Department of State)New — Calculator-Controlled Robots
is a guide book for using calculator-controlled robots with students in Grades 6-9 over the course of one semester. Missions are built sequentially on the knowledge of previous activities. The first missions have step-by-step programming instructions; in later missions, students create their own programs. Students use math and science concepts to direct their robots through various challenges. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)Grant to New York to Help Create Charter Schools
ED Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Doug Mesecar visited the Charter School for Applied Technologies in Buffalo, N.Y., today to present a $16,589,561 Charter School Program grant award to the New York State Education Department and the State University of New York (SUNY).Spellings’ Keynote Address at Ed Reform Summit (video)
Secretary Spellings delivers the keynote address at "Excellence in Action: A National Summit on Education Reform" at the Walt Disney Contemporary Resort in Florida.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)07.11.08
Spellings Announces 25 Teachers Selected for Teaching Ambassador Fellowships
Secretary Spellings announced 25 teachers have been selected for Teaching Ambassador Fellowships (TAF) with the U.S. Department of Education for 2008-2009. Five Washington Fellows will become full-time U.S. Department of Education employees in Washington, D.C., for one year, and 20 Classroom Fellows will remain in their classrooms and participate in the program through part-time projects.
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