Dept. of Education to Host LGBT Youth Summit

06/04/11 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan (pictured) will give remarks at the two-day summit, which begins Monday, as will assistant deputy secretary Kevin Jennings, the GLSEN founder who announced last month that he will leave his administration post to lead the nonprofit organization Be the Change.

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Bowen will ask for No Child Left Behind reprieve

06/18/11 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said last week that if Congress doesn't pass a new version of the No Child Left Behind Act this fall, he will use his authority to release states from some of the law's more criticized provisions.

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Commissioner: Universal standards needed

06/17/11 U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said last week that if Congress doesn't pass a new version of the No Child Left Behind Act this fall, he will use his authority to release states from some of the law's more criticized provisions.

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