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Media Advisories | U.S. Department of Education

Media Advisories | U.S. Department of Education

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JUNE 29, 2010

Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to Hold Conference Call on the Use of Electronic Book Readers in College Courses

U.S. Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Russlynn Ali will hold a media conference call at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 29, to discuss the use of electronic book readers in higher education and their impact on students with disabilities.
JUNE 29, 2010

U.S. Education Secretary Kicks Off Let's Read. Let's Move. Summer Enrichment Series

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and his wife Karen will launch the Department's Let's Read. Let's Move. summer enrichment series on Tuesday, June 29 from 12 – 1:30 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Education's Lyndon Baines Johnson headquarters building's outdoor plaza in Washington, D.C..
JUNE 29, 2010

Department Senior Official to Give Keynote Address at Conference on Preventing Bullying and Building Culture of Respect Among Students

Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, will share the Department's plans for helping create safe school learning environments at the New England Center for School Climate & Learning's seminar "How Schools are Preventing Bullying, Building Respect & Engaging All Students" on Tuesday, June 29 in Meredith,
JUNE 29, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to Address Institute of Education Sciences Annual Research Conference

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will give remarks at the Institute of Education Science's (IES) fifth annual research conference June 29 in National Harbor, Md. IES is the research, evaluation and statistics arm of the Department.