From Education Newsfeed: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today visited Charlestown High School, Boston, to highlight a new effort to streamline the federal student aid application process to make it easier and simpler for students seeking financial assistance for...
From Education Newsfeed: U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today hosted a roundtable discussion on performance pay for educators with policymakers, researchers and state and local education leaders from across the nation at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington,...
From Education Newsfeed: The U.S. Department of Education announced today that it has awarded a $754,415 contract to the National Academy of Sciences to study how best to distribute Title III English Language Acquisition state grant funds. Read more from...
From HUD Press Releases: WASHINGTON - More than 800 Federal, state, and community leaders from around the nation are gathering in Washington for a two-day national housing summit sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Secretary...
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