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  • Vote on Videos
    Help pick the winners for the "I Am What I Learn" video contest. Watch these 10 videos and vote!

  • Race to the Top Begins
    Secretary Arne Duncan released the final application for more than $4 billion from the Race to the Top Fund.

  • State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
    Application requirements are now available for the final $11.5 billion under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund.

  • Economic Security and a 21st Century Education
    Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Education and Workforce Summit.

  • Outstanding Principals Receive Bell Award
    Eight school principals who transformed their schools were given the Terrel H. Bell Award for Outstanding School Leadership.

  • Race to the Top
    President Obama and Secretary Duncan visited Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, to highlight the Race to the Top Program.

  • ED Recovery Funds for Pennsylvania
    $1.4 billion in Recovery Funds are now available for Pennsylvania to save jobs and drive education reform.

  • ED Recovery Act Report
    Over $67 billion in ED Recovery Act formula grants have been awarded, and some 400,000 jobs have been saved or created through these ED grants.

  • Recovery Act: Over One Million Jobs
    Reports from recipients support estimates that overall the Recovery Act has created or saved over one million jobs to-date

  • State Standards Are Too Low
    "Far too many states are telling students that they are proficient when they actually are performing below the basic level" on the Nation's Report Card, Secretary Duncan said in response to a new report.

  • Teacher Preparation: Reforming the Uncertain Profession
    Secretary Arne Duncan spoke at Columbia Teachers College about the need to improve teacher preparation across the U.S.

  • Math, Science Webcast: Watch, Comment
    Watch Secretary Duncan's presentation on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Oct. 23 at 10:45 am ET. Share your comments during the webcast.

  • Advice on How to Improve Assessments
    ED is holding public meetings with assessment experts to inform the development of the Race to the Top Assessment Competition. States are invited to participate.

  • 250,000 Education Jobs
    Preliminary data indicate that states will credit the Recovery Act with creating and saving at least 250,000 education jobs nationwide.

  • Teachers Are Key to Successful Economy
    First Lady Michelle Obama writes about the importance of good teachers and the need for as many as one million new teachers by 2014.

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