College Students to Benefit from Proposed Regulations Targeting Troubling...
The U.S. Department of Education announced proposed regulations, available for public inspection today in the Federal Register, aimed at protecting as many as 9 million college students receiving $25...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Protecting Students from Abusive Career Colleges
Over the past six years, the Education Department has taken unprecedented steps to hold career colleges accountable for giving students what they deserve: a high-quality, affordable education that...
View ArticleStatement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on House Republicans...
“With students across the country reeling from the predatory behavior of failed and fraudulent ‘career’ colleges, it’s truly mind-boggling that House Republicans are still fighting tooth and nail to...
View ArticleFact Sheet: Obama Administration Increases Accountability for Low-Performing...
Over the past six years, the Obama Administration has taken comprehensive action to tackle one of the biggest problems in higher education: abusive practices in the career college industry. Today marks...
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Reaches Agreement with Texas' Harmony Public...
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today that it has entered into a resolution agreement with Harmony Public Schools in Texas, to ensure compliance by its...
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Announces Future Ready Regional Summits
The US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education and with support from the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD)...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Proposes Plan to Strengthen Teacher Preparation
The U.S. Department of Education today announced proposed regulations that help ensure teacher training programs are preparing educators who are ready to succeed in the classroom. Read full article…
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Reaches Agreement with Youngstown State University...
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into an agreement with Youngstown State University in Ohio to ensure that the school’s websites comply with...
View ArticleUniversity of Cincinnati, U.S. Education Department Reach Agreement to Ensure...
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into an agreement with the University of Cincinnati to ensure that the school’s websites comply with...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Proposes Plan to Strengthen Teacher Preparation
The U.S. Department of Education today announced proposed regulations that help ensure teacher training programs are preparing educators who are ready to succeed in the classroom. Read full article…
View Article$14 Million Awarded for 40 Special Education Parent Training and Information...
The U.S. Department of Education announced today nearly $14 million in five-year grants to operate 40 parent training and information centers to assist America’s families of children with disabilities....
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Launches Effort to Better Help Defrauded...
After announcing action earlier this summer to help students who were harmed by Corinthian Colleges Inc., today the U.S. Department of Education announced its next steps to develop regulations to...
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Announces Future Ready Regional Summits
The US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education and with support from the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD)...
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Reaches Agreement with Youngstown State University...
The U.S. Department of Education announced today that its Office for Civil Rights has entered into an agreement with Youngstown State University in Ohio to ensure that the school’s websites comply with...
View ArticleU.S. Education Department Announces Future Ready Regional Summits
The US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (OET) in partnership with the Alliance for Excellent Education and with support from the Leading Education by Advancing Digital (LEAD)...
View Article$4.8 Million Awarded to Improve Outcomes for Children with Disabilities...
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of more than $4.8 million in grants to improve outcomes for children with disabilities. Included is $1.2 million to upgrade adolescent...
View ArticleDepartment Awards $2.9 Million to Support Institutions Serving Asian...
The U.S. Department of Education announced the award of more than $2.9 million to strengthen and expand educational opportunities for Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander students. The...
View ArticleDepartment of Education Awards More Than $3 million to 13 Minority...
The U.S. Department of Education is awarding more than $3 million in new awards to 13 colleges and universities that serve large minority populations to strengthen education programs in science,...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Announces Two Final Regulations to Protect...
As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to helping students and borrowers, today, the Department of Education is announcing the publication of two regulatory packages that will protect...
View ArticleStatement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Tenure of Wade...
“Wade Henderson has been a good friend and partner in our work to expand equity and opportunity in education for all students. A passionate and dedicated civil rights leader, Wade has been integral to...
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