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  		<title><![CDATA[ED Grants Support 23 Native Hawaiian Education Programs]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Nearly two dozen Native Hawaiian Education programs on Oahu, Maui and the island of Hawaii have been selected to receive $11,609,750 to develop, assist and expand innovative programs that provide supplemental services and address the educational needs of Native Hawaiian children and adults.
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  		<title><![CDATA[New Grant Opportunities]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Notices inviting applications have been issued recently under ED programs that include Centers for Independent Living, Model Demonstrations for Assistive Technology (AT) Device Reutilization, National Assistive Technology (AT) Device Reutilization Coordination and Technical Assistance Center, and Hurricane Education Recovery Awards.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Virtual Museum]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Learn about the work of a federal agency that has helped keep U.S. technology at the leading edge. Visit the online exhibits to learn about the standardization of women's clothing, weights and measures (crucial to industrialization), technology development during World War II, the first government computer with an internal program, the "fall of parity," OCR machines, weathering of stone, Jacob Rabinow, and more. (National Institute of Standards and Technology)]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Results of State Plans for Highly Qualified Teachers]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[ED released initial peer review feedback and related information on revised comprehensive state plans for ensuring that all public elementary and secondary school students are taught by highly qualified teachers. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Summer Workshops]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Find materials from dozens of teacher presentations on literacy, math, science, history, and the arts at the U.S. Department of Education's Teacher-to-Teacher Summer Workshops. Topics include reading, writing, English language learners, Chinese language and culture, algebra, computation, data, geometry, peer teaching, earth systems, cells, physical science, labs, science mysteries, historical literacy, arts and reading, and more. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Commission on Future of Higher Ed. Approves Report]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings issued a statement on the Commission on the Future of Higher Education's vote to approve its final report.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[19th Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[This collection of digitized books and periodicals published in the U.S. during the 19th century includes 23  popular  magazines and more than 1,500 books that illuminate themes central to American life from the 1840s to 1900.  Topics include the Civil War, slavery and abolition, religion, education, self-help and self-improvement, travel and westward expansion, and poetry. (Library of Congress)]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Teaching Resources: Engineering, Math, History and More]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Engineering, math across the curriculum, solar and hydrogen fuel cell cars, cyberinfrastructure, Antarctic research, American history, Mark Twain, and Henri Rousseau are among the topics of new resources at FREE, the website that makes teaching resources from federal agencies easier to find. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Furniture for Schools Heads to the Gulf Coast]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Furniture for Schools, created by ED, has now delivered more than 10,000 items to schools in need to help them prepare for students returning this school year. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA["When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood" presents, in its 65 photos, a glimpse of childhood across time, cultures, and socioeconomic circumstances. Children are shown working in a factory, pretend sword fighting, dancing at ballet school, playing in the street, swimming, watching a parade, and taking shelter in a ditch during an air raid.  (Library of Congress)]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Grants to Hispanic-Serving Institutions]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings announced the award of 33 new grants totaling more than $20.5 million that will directly benefit Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Visible Earth]]></title>
	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?134634</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Find images, visualizations, and animations of Earth. Topics include soils, clouds, storms, hurricanes, droughts, precipitation, vegetation, oceans, sea ice, human population, land use, erosion, fires, rocks, minerals, regions, and countries. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Professional Development to Improve Ed. for Indian Students]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Education programs in 7 states -- Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Oregon and Wisconsin -- have been selected to receive $3,793,537 to provide training programs to recruit and graduate new American Indian teachers and school administrators.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Cultures and History of the Americas]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[See 50 highlights from rare books, maps, paintings, and artifacts. Learn about early cultures of Central America and the Caribbean, encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples, the growth of European Florida, and piracy and trade in the American Atlantic. Highlights include Columbus's account of the 1492 voyage, Frances Drake's maps, the first natural history of the Americas, and a 7th century wooden box that recorded Mayan dynastic lineage. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[William Vajda Named Chief Information Officer]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings has named William Vajda as Chief Information Officer at ED.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Secretary Announces New Special Education Regulations]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings announced the new regulations for Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[ExplorePAhistory.com]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[See stories about Pennsylvania's history, information about the state's regions, and more than 60 lesson plans. (Many are keyed to the state's 1,800 historical markers.) Learn about William Penn, religious communities, the French and Indian War, the Revolution, the Philadelphia Campaign, agriculture, crossing the Alleghenies, the Underground Railroad, the politics of the Civil War, Gettysburg, railroads, mining, striking oil, baseball, the arts, and jazz. (Multiple Agencies)]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[The Corporation for National and Community announced a new federal program designed to recognize colleges and universities for their commitment to student service and to increase public awareness of the impact that college students have on their local communities.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Cyberinfrastructure]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[The convergence of three realities -- the spread of the Internet, the shrinkage of computers, and the accumulation of databases -- has led researchers to envision a planet-wide grid of computing, information, networking, and sensor resources.  Learn about projects to develop the emerging cyberinfrastructure.  Find out how researchers are beginning to depend on it.  Discover resources for teaching and learning about information technology. (National Science Foundation) ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Don't Write Off Other People's Children]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[This letter to the editor by Secretary Margaret Spellings appeared in the Wall Street Journal. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Statement on Reauthorization of Perkins Vocational Ed. Act]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings issued a statement on the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Justesen Confirmed as Assistant Secretary]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings has announced that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Troy Justesen as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) at ED.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Warder Confirmed as Chief Financial Officer]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Secretary Spellings announced that the U.S. Senate has confirmed Lawrence Warder as Chief Financial Officer at ED.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[New Grant Opportunities]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Notices inviting applications have been issued recently under ED programs that include School-Based Student Drug-Testing Programs and the Charter Schools Program. ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Putting DNA to Work]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Find out about similarities in the DNA of humans and other species, and how traits are inherited from one generation to the next. Learn how DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), discovered 50 years ago, is used today to detect diseases, improve crops, and catch criminals. (National Academy of Sciences)]]></dc:description>
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