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Education Secy. Arne Duncan, who helped ease onerous mandates in the unpopular No Child Left Behind reforms and oversaw billions in new education spending, will resign in December. Duncan, an original member of the Obama Cabinet, influenced a wide range of programs. The news of his upcoming resi...
Education Dept. officials are touting the success of a Maine early education program that was funded by a $3.5 million expansion grant from the department's Preschool Development Grant program (CFDA Number: Number: 84.419). Maine is looking to engage the community and interagency coordination t...
Arizona Ducey Wants to Improve Educational Outcomes for Native American Students: Gov. Doug Ducey (R) announces several measures to improve educational outcomes for Native American students. The first measure, recently signed into law, will expand postsecondary scholarship opportunities for childre...
Kindergarteners' Skills Gaps Linked to Socioeconomic Status: A Economic Policy Institute white paper examines cognitive and non-cognitive skills gaps among kindergarteners. The researchers found that cognitive skills (such as reading) and non-cognitive skills (such as self-control) were least develo...
USDA's Farm to School Grant Program has helped 12,300 schools improve nutritious meal options made with local ingredients for 6.9 million students, while expanding market opportunities for family farmers, according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. The grants are funded through the Healthy, ...
Responding to complaints, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and HHS jointly issue a parental right guidance, emphasizing that there is no legal reason for children to be taken from their parents just because a parent has a disability. HHS also noted that people with disabilities should not ...
The Education Dept. (DoEd) awards $25 million to Twin Cities Public Television and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for the development of television and multimedia programs to engage preschool and young elementary school children in science and literacy-themed learning. The awards, made ...
The Health and Human Services Dept. (HHS) distributes about $500 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support health centers nationwide in providing primary care services to those who need them most. The awards include approximately $350 million for 1,184 health centers to increase a...
Education Secy. Arne Duncan urges states and local school districts to find paths other than incarceration for people convicted of nonviolent crimes, a measure that the department says could save upwards of $15 billion per year. Schools could then use the savings to end the school-to-prison pi...
The Health and Human Services Dept. will distribute $5.8 million to help tribal communities boost early learning and development services, enhance native language revitalization and improve the handling of child welfare cases including abuse and neglect. HHS will award $4.2 million for language ...
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