Secretary DeVos Issues New Distance Learning Regulations to Spur High-Quality...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos issued final rules today that govern distance learning in higher education and promote educational innovation to better serve the needs of an...
View ArticleReadout of the U.S. Department of Education’s Virtual Panel on Successful...
WASHINGTON –U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Assistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education Frank Brogan hosted a geographically diverse group of education practitioners to...
View Article10 Principals Named Recipients of 2020 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today named 10 principals as recipients of the 2020 Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership. The 10 principals were selected from the...
View ArticleU.S. Department of Education Delivers on Trump Administrations STEM Strategy...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced today that during the last fiscal year, it has invested $578 million to support high-quality science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)...
View ArticleNext Gen portal will help reduce administrative burden, streamline processes...
WASHINGTON — Today, during its virtual 2020 training conference for financial aid professionals, the U.S. Department of Education’s (Department) office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) unveiled its latest...
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 Releases New Guide on Identifying and Preventing...
The U.S. Department of Education has released a new guide for educators on ways to identify and help prevent child trafficking in schools. Human Trafficking in America’s Schools is a free guide for...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Collaborate to Improve After-School Science, Technology,...
The U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program is leading new interagency partnerships to bring hands-on STEM learning opportunities to high-need...
View ArticleSecretary Duncan Announces Education Department’s First-Ever Guide for Ed...
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the first-ever guide for developers, startups and entrepreneurs from the department’s Office of Educational Technology (OET). Read full article…...
View ArticleCollege 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 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...
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