Update

Chairman Miller Statement on Secretary Duncan's First Major Speech on the Future Reauthorization of ESEA

Changes to Bankruptcy Laws Needed to Protect Student Borrowers, Says Chairman Miller

Administration Needs to Work More Collaboratively to Protect the Safety of School Meals, GAO Finds

Federal Register Announcements

Overview Information. U.S. Department of Education Video Contest Challenges Students to Take Responsibility for Their Education

Overview Information. Statement by U.S. Education Secretary Duncan on Draft College- and Career-Readiness Standards in English-Language Arts, Mathematics

Overview Information. U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $108.8 Million in Early Reading First Grants to Help Prepare Young Children to Read

Overview Information. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Issues Statement on Report on High School Dropout and Completion Rates

Overview Information. Secretary Duncan Says Rewrite of 'No Child Left Behind' Should Start Now; Reauthorization Can't Wait

New Legislation

H.R.3625 : To provide for the Secretary of Education to study and report on the marketing of foods and beverages in elementary and secondary schools. (Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL))

S.1698 : A bill to provide grants to the States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes. (Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM))

S.1708 : A bill to establish a grant program to prevent truancy, and for other purposes.(Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN))

U.S. Department of Education Headlines