08.29.08

Higher Ed Grants to Help Students with Disabilities

Posted in Uncategorized at 11:45 am by Administrator

The Department announced the award of $6.7 million in grants to 23 higher education organizations to help them develop pilot projects for students with disabilities.

08.22.08

New — Digging for Answers

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:56 am by Administrator

offers interactive quizzes that draw fun facts and interesting historical facts from the Smithsonian's collections. Topics include famous women, food, dogs, horses, clothes, stars, insects, brain teasers, and more. (Smithsonian Institution)

08.21.08

Grant to Utah to Help Create More Charter Schools

Posted in Uncategorized at 4:14 pm by Administrator

ED's Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement Doug Mesecar visited Guadalupe Schools in Salt Lake City today to present an $8,533,334 Charter Schools Program grant to the Utah State Department of Education. Utah's Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert and Vice Chairman of the Utah State Board of Education Mark Cluff joined Mesecar for the announcement.

08.14.08

Teaching Resources: U.S. History, Polar Sciences, Countries of the World and More

Posted in Uncategorized at 1:37 pm by Administrator

The Constitution, U.S. government, international relations, nations of the world, pivotal moments in U.S. history, early childhood education, calculator-controlled robots, and polar sciences are topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.

08.01.08

Statement on Reauthorization of Higher Ed Act

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:54 am by Administrator

Secretary Spellings issued the following statement on Congressional reauthorization of the Higher Education Act: "I congratulate Congress for its hard work in concluding the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, which seeks to tackle many complex and challenging issues that are vexing to students and their families, as well as to institutions. The Administration supports many of the bill's provisions, which are designed to enact needed reforms and address the problems facing colleges, students and families in the 21st Century. However we remain concerned with the creation of more than 60 new, costly, and duplicative programs."

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