November 21, 2006
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See travel logs, speeches, and photos from Secretary Spellings' trip to Asia with college and university presidents. The trip helped deliver the message that the U.S. welcomes international students who want to study in the U.S.
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See a timeline of events that have led to the Thanksgiving holiday we celebrate today. Read stories about attempts to celebrate Thanksgiving on the frontier in the 19th century. (Library of Congress)
November 17, 2006
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Student Loans — U.S. Department of Education @ 9:20 am
Learn about cutting-edge research in science and engineering. See past articles on real-time traffic routing, coastal prediction, stress and the brain, cooler computer chips, the "light switch" in plants, carbon nanotubes, and more. (National Science Foundation)
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Secretary Spellings called the release of the first-ever 2005 NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment on Science "welcome and timely development."
November 14, 2006
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Student Loans — U.S. Department of Education @ 3:45 pm
U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Dina Habib Powell are leading the first ever high-profile delegation of U.S. college and university presidents to Japan, Korea and China during International Education Week November 10-18, 2006.
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No Child Left Behind is doing what it promised and is working for America's kids, Secretary Spellings explains in an op-ed in the Wisconsin State Journal.
November 13, 2006
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Student Loans — U.S. Department of Education @ 3:15 pm
Secretary Spellings spoke at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Secretary Spellings and Assistant Secretary of State Powell are leading a delegation of U.S. university and college presidents during International Education Week November 10-18, 2006, and carrying the message that the U.S. welcomes and values international students who want to study in the U.S.
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Student Loans — U.S. Department of Education @ 8:45 am
Secretary Spellings announced approval of additional growth model pilots for 2006-2007.
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Medical science careers, health science learning activities, renewable energy, lizards and snakes, and British painting are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find.
November 8, 2006
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Student Loans — U.S. Department of Education @ 12:15 pm
Explore dozens of resources for learning about Native American history. Learn about Lakota "winter counts," Haida totem poles, the role of buffalo, the Sioux Treaty of 1868, the trail of tears, and more. See photos, essays, maps, and lessons.