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When Is It Time To Stop Grieving?

How do you choose to live your life; in grief and sadness or in contentment with potential happiness? I vote for potential happiness and here's why...

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How Do I Take Care of Myself While I'm Grieving?

Bereavement tends to overwhelm us. We fail to properly look after ourselves. It is important to realize that the first step in surviving grief is to understand the emotional and physical experiences, acknowledge them, and look after yourself.

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Embracing Grief When You Have Lost a Loved One

Out of the blue, you receive a message that someone you loved has passed away. Perhaps it is a sibling, a longtime friend, or close co-worker, he/she is close to you but not one of your immediate family. Whatever the nature of your relationship, the timing of their death is so unexpected that you can hardly believe what you are hearing. And yet you know intellectually that it is true. Your emotions do not catch up to the reality quick enough so your response is distorted by a numbness of disbelief. You are left hanging, not knowing what to do or how to respond. Your relationship with the immediate family is close so you feel this pull to be with them but are unsure of how to act, what to say or who to speak with during this time.

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Is It Normal To Avoid Family And Friends After Losing A Loved One?

Avoiding family and friends after the death of a loved one can seem strange. Isn't time of grief a period when you need your family and friends close? This misconception has caused many people to worry that they are doing something wrong. They experience a need to be alone and they are not always sure how to handle this. Looking for time alone when grieving is normal bereavement behavior. However, like most things in life you need to keep this balanced.

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Dealing With the Suicide of a Loved One

The loss of a loved one does not have to mean a relation, it could just as well be a very close friend. The loss that one feels is immense as you often experience that loss as if it were an empty void in your life.

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What Death Can Teach Us About Life

Death should not be the end of your life. It should be the beginning of your "new" life.

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Living With Regrets

God doesn't make junk. Created from the heart of a loving God, we carry the Divine spark with in.

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I Can't Stop Grieving - Is My Grief Abnormal?

Experiencing grief and pain is normal when you lost someone you loved. It takes time to heal, but how long? When is my grieving period taking too long? This article talks about the reality of prolonged or extended grief. Helping you to understand when grief is no longer normal.

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Opening the Heart to Grieve

Our grief is not the end of our lives; it's the beginning. Beyond our depressions and times of anxiousness for the changes coming we have hope for new possibilities and a broader life than we've previously had. Life after grief can, in fact, expand.

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Hope When Stuck In the In-Between

There are an astounding amount of opportunities for learning patience, and each time we hurry on in life God will patiently bring us back, infuriatingly for us it seems. Being stuck in the in-between is not only no fun, it's also humbling. We want to have moved on already. But God knows we still have work to do.

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When You Need Time To Cry Alone - Few Steps to Help Deal With Grief

Losing a loved one is a shock. Most of us are not really prepared for the full impact of grief. Finding time to cry can be difficult and most of us are taught to refrain from crying in public. This article argues that we need to find time to cry.

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When Dark Night Brings Love's Light

The refining fire of suffering, the dark night of the soul, brings each of us afflicted to the precipice of ghastly experience. At such a place where times are dire, and we are anxious and fearful beyond where we have been before, we desperately clamber into the arms of God. Pleasantries of gallant and mischievous fellowship are no longer any help to us. We implicitly know the old way is ineffective. What no longer serves any good is therefore despatched. Change now becomes us. The dark night experience has hastened us to truth; it has quickened us to salvation.

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Healing The Pain of Losing Someone

Experiencing the loss of a loved one, especially if that loved one was very close to you can cause you to feel as if your life was suctioned out of you. You will feel as if you have lost every ounce of oxygen out of your system. Now imagine experiencing that kind of loss TWICE!! It is enough to cause you to flat-line. The pain will be excruciating, mind numbing and debilitating. Your need for support may be misconstrued by others as, you are being clingy and desperate. Getting out of bed will seem like an Olympic event where you keep on coming in last place...

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Thankful To Be Alive

Without a shadow of a doubt I am convinced the simplest blessing is to be simply alive. For many today that will be harrowing and cruel, as they battle their vicious black dogs and dark nights of their souls. We have been there, perhaps. Indeed, we may very well return. (And we pray God gives us courage and strength to endure once more - and he will.) In the meantime, any moment we like we can thank God we are still alive.

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Enduring Forwards-Backwards Land

The sure and certain sign of adjustment out of grief is the forwards-backwards land of the soul as it tries tempestuously hard to find equilibrium. No longer are there the stark, sorrowful and numbed moments, hours, and entire days. Gone is the dearth of expression. Now our problem is a richness of expression as we vacillate in ways that resemble a mild kind of bipolar disorder. Then we are relieved to be reminded that this is all part of the grief process in adjusting to the new thing.

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As One Door Slams Shut, Another One Opens

"As one door closes, another one opens" may be a cliche, but it's true. When things go against us in life it does us no harm to look to the next thing, and such a hopeful approach generally works. Let us be patient, however, to walk through the right door.

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Owning Possession of Our Grief

Let us not pressure ourselves for healing. Time does not heal all wounds as the cliche suggests, but time, with the courage to grieve well, does create space for a larger version of us to emerge. Owning our grief is the best way to honour our loss. When we do this we redeem the humble strength of God.

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Mercy Killing

In addition to the great debates of politics and religion is the topic of Mercy Killings. here is a personal take on considerations of what it means to experience unselfish love.

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Things Not to Say to People Who Are Grieving

Going through various losses and transitions is an extremely difficult time. It is a period where the griever needs unconditional support. Sadly, many don't know how to give that kind of encouragement. This article will review what not to say to someone who is suffering a loss and will also provide words of encouragement to the grieving person.

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Use Social Networks To Cope With The Death Of Your Loved One

Recognize that there is often a tendency to isolate ourselves from others when we are hurting. Certainly this is a normal response and we do need time by ourselves. However, never forget that our need to be accepted and belong is commonly fulfilled by our supportive relationships. So what can we do to develop or manage our relationships with others even as we mourn? Here are some suggestions.

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Finding Meaning In Ambiguous Grief

There are more people than we realise who suffer with ambiguous grief - having experienced loss that cannot ever be easily reconciled. Missing persons and not having the ability to say goodbye are examples. For many of these instances of grief there may only be hope for meaning beyond this life; but that is, in itself, enough of a hope. The grandest of faith is holding out such a hope when the reality doesn't exist. We can see the courage it takes to live with ambiguous loss. And the challenge is to find peace.

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Turning the Painful Corner

Desperation inevitably leads to frustration. But when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired, we are ready to turn in a new direction. Having banged our heads against the wall for long enough, our metaphorical foreheads bruised and bloodied, we turn away from the wall and face our lives afresh. Insight to turn the corner comes when we have reached the pinnacle of our pain.

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2 Ways of Responding Positively to Grief

God has blessed us with options when working through the maze of our grief. We can work in the past or on the future. We can flourish or languish. All of this is allowed. Grief encompasses all corners of human emotion, including many that may be new.

Source: 2 Ways of Responding Positively to Grief

Enduring the Strong Wind of Adversity

Nobody willingly goes into a grief-rending period of life. These adversities come without warning and they sweep away our equilibrium from under us. Times as these, when life dies, convey us, against our will, into the realm of unprecedented uncertainty. Life as it was is gone. And all we are left with are pieces of ourselves that are never more inherently us. It is an astounding paradox that, in these times, against the flow of lesser judgment, our ally in God comes to carry us majestically through.

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Meeting a Crisis In Faith

Some periods in life are harder than others, and there are some times ahead, as perhaps they've passed behind us, where our faith to step - to take the next step - flounders, for lack of vision. Times like these occur in crisis. When we most need faith, our faith is tested. That's a tragic irony.

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Can We Awaken Through Loss?

If you've experienced the death of a loved one then you know what it is like to have your world turned upside down. This is an opportunity to re-purpose you life and awaken spiritually. Find out how...

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A Necessary Momentary Relief

Faith acts in silence and in blindness, without so much as the necessary fundaments to achieve the said task. It advances as if not knowing, taking advice from hope, and not counsel from despair. Its eyes are fixed on Jesus, and they do not waver to dither in the darkness surrounding.

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Engaging the Will to Fight

Particularly when depression and anxiety strike, the evolvement of many random or sudden dark imaginings, we are given to submission - the damaging kind. We submit out of ignorance, weakness, or for the situational lack of resilience. Generally afterwards we can see how we went wrong. We don't often think of engaging the will to fight; not the will to endure so much, but the will to fight. The weapon for fighting the good fight of the faith is hope.

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The Loss Of A Loved One - How We Can Help

Many of us lose someone close to illness and whether it was an illness that took over quickly or even one that enabled you time to get used to them passing away it will undoubtedly still come as a bit of a shock when it does. The support of family and friends at this time is essential. You will no doubt feel extremely emotional and even everyday things like going to work and cooking your family dinner will become too much.

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Using The Power Of Your Imagination To Cope With The Death Of A Loved One

Great architecture, inventions, discoveries, and music masterpieces, literally any new human creation, are a product in part of our imaginations. This is a mental faculty that we have all been blessed with to use in dealing with all of the changing scenes of life. You have the capacity to visualize and image how you wish to cope with any loss or construct a plan to change behavior. So how do we go about developing our imagination to help us cope? Here's how.

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Choices That Make A Difference In Coping With The Death Of Your Loved One

Choices culminate in the actions we take or decide not to take. They especially result in the thoughts we develop about how to deal with the changes and challenges to be faced. We either live reactively as the currents of each day roll over us, or we take charge about how to live life after the death of our loved one. Here are some choices that frequently lead to reduced pain and adapting to big changes.

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Depersonalising Our Private Wounds

Embracing our wounds is central to our healing. When we depersonalise our wounding, seeing how common our wounding is, we have access to healing truth. We are all wounded. This achieved, our wounds liberate us and power our passion toward service for God. We serve best out of our woundedness.

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Old Age, Love, and Loss

Old age brings along many losses, and unfortunately, few gains. But among those gains might be wisdom, won by reflecting on final things in a responsible manner. And by treasuring the loves that a long life has earned for one, even after the beloved other has died.

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Signposts On the Road to Recovery

Although many psychologists and counsellors concede there is much more to grief theory than the original five stages put forth by Elisabeth K?bler-Ross, these stages - denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance - provide something in the way of signposts on the road to recovery. They give us some labels for which to pin our feelings. They give us some sense of 'where' we are, even though the five stages occur haphazardly and are intermingled through the process.

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Feeling Isolated, Confounded, Overwhelmed?

We feel forgiven for feeling isolated, confounded, and overwhelmed when we consider how prevalent such feelings are. All over the world there are millions facing similar turmoil, and worse. We are not alone.

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Missin' You, Since You've Been Gone

It is difficult to find words to express the sadness we feel when someone has gone. And whether we are the ones boarding the plane or not, matters little. Separation causes loneliness. Then there is the difference between temporary separations and more permanent arrangements - death, divorce, etc. Whilst we may entertain the remote possibility that a temporary separation may become more permanent, somehow, at least we have a high level of confidence that it will only be temporary.

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Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation Provisions for 2013

PL-250, Payment Eligibility and Payment Limitation Provisions for 2013(FOR State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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Updating LincPass Badge Certificates Using Employee Workstations

SEM-22, Updating LincPass Badge Certificates Using Employee Workstations(FOR State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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DLS-Loan Servicing (DLS-LS) State Coordinator?s Training for Debt Restructure Transactions (DRT) Module for Nonpilot States Only

FLP-634, DLS-Loan Servicing (DLS-LS) State Coordinator?s Training for Debt Restructure Transactions (DRT) Module for Nonpilot States Only(FOR State Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

Source: DLS-Loan Servicing (DLS-LS) State Coordinator?s Training for Debt Restructure Transactions (DRT) Module for Nonpilot States Only

SURE Information Report (SIR) Errors

SURE-31, SURE Information Report (SIR) Errors(FOR State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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FY 2013 BUD Contact Information

BU-742, FY 2013 BUD Contact Information(FOR State Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Mileage Rates for 2013 and Changes to GovTrip Travel Documents

FI-3138, Privately Owned Vehicle (POV) Mileage Rates for 2013 and Changes to GovTrip Travel Documents
(FOR FSA Employees) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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New State Office Annual Review of the FSFL Program

FSFL-88, New State Office Annual Review of the FSFL Program(FOR State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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Survey for FY 2012 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)

AP-17, Survey for FY 2012 National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP)(FOR CA, CT, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MS, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, OR, RI, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WY State and County Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-18 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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FY 2013 Initial Allotments for the Continuing Resolution

BU-741, FY 2013 Initial Allotments for the Continuing Resolution(FOR State Offices) DATE POSTED: 2013-01-17 DATE EFFECTIVE: 2013-01-17 STATUS: CURRENT

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All 2012 Investing in Innovation Top Applicants Secure Support from Private Donors

Today the U.S. Department of Education announced all 20 of the highest-rated applicants in the 2012 Investing in Innovation (i3) competition have secured their required private-sector matching funds and have become official i3 grantees.

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Education Department Announces Resolution of Civil Rights Investigation of Christina School District in Wilmington, Del.

The U.S. Department of Education announced today the successful resolution of a compliance review at the Christina School District in Wilmington, Del., the largest school system in the state.

Source: Education Department Announces Resolution of Civil Rights Investigation of Christina School District in Wilmington, Del.

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Passing of Senator Daniel Inouye

"Senator Inouye understood that education is an investment, not an expense, and he consistently stood up for the students of Hawaii and our nation. After heroically serving in World War II, he completed college and law school with help from the G.I. Bill, leading to a lifetime of public service and a commitment to bipartisanship that I deeply respected."

Source: Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Passing of Senator Daniel Inouye

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Newtown, Connecticut, School Shootings

"School shootings are always incomprehensible and horrific tragedies. But words fail to describe today's heartbreaking and savage attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As the father of two children in elementary school, I can barely imagine the anguish and losses suffered today by the Newtown community.

Source: Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Newtown, Connecticut, School Shootings

Education Department Announces 16 Winners of Race to the Top-District Competition



Source: Education Department Announces 16 Winners of Race to the Top-District Competition

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Release of the 2011 TIMSS and PIRLS Assessments

?These 2011 international assessments provide both encouraging news about our students? progress and some sobering cautionary notes.

?The encouraging news is that U.S. fourth grade students have made significant progress in reading and mathematics in the last five years, and our fourth graders now rank among the world?s leaders in reading literacy.

Source: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Release of the 2011 TIMSS and PIRLS Assessments

Five More States Secure Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants

Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin will each receive a share of the 2012 Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge $133 million grant fund to improve quality and expand access to early learning programs throughout their states. The five winners join nine existing state grantees who secured first-round funding last year.

Source: Five More States Secure Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grants

Secretary's Statement Commending the AFT Teacher Preparation Task Force's "Raising the Bar" Report

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the following statement on the American Federation of Teachers Teacher Preparation Task Force's "Raising the Bar" report.

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U.S Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Releases Four-Year Report on Civil Rights Enforcement and Educational Equity

Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released a report describing OCR's progress and activity over the last four years on civil rights enforcement and educational equity.

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U.S. Department of Education Announces 61 Applications as Finalists for $400 Million Race to the Top - District Competition

Today, the U.S. Department of Education announced that 61 applications have been selected as finalists for the Race to the Top-District (RTTT-D) competition.

Source: U.S. Department of Education Announces 61 Applications as Finalists for $400 Million Race to the Top - District Competition

States Report New High School Graduation Rates Using More Accurate, Common Measure

The U.S. Department of Education released data today detailing state four-year high school graduation rates in 2010-11 ? the first year for which all states used a common, rigorous measure.

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U.S. Department of Education Releases Early Snapshot of School Improvement Grants Data

The U.S. Department of Education today released an early snapshot of student performance data at schools that have received federal School Improvement Grants (SIG) program funds, a key component of the Department?s blueprint for helping states and districts turn around the nation?s lowest-performing schools.

Source: U.S. Department of Education Releases Early Snapshot of School Improvement Grants Data

Nearly $1 Million Now Available to Support Partnerships Offering Education and Workforce Training for Incarcerated Individuals Exiting Prisons

The U.S.

Source: Nearly $1 Million Now Available to Support Partnerships Offering Education and Workforce Training for Incarcerated Individuals Exiting Prisons

U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $50,000 to Help Colorado's Aurora Public Schools Recover from Theater Shooting

The U.S. Department of Education?s Office of Safe and Healthy Students, formerly the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, has awarded Aurora Public Schools in Aurora, Colo., a Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) grant totaling nearly $50,000.

Source: U.S. Department of Education Awards Nearly $50,000 to Help Colorado's Aurora Public Schools Recover from Theater Shooting

Hundreds of School Districts Apply for $400 Million Race to the Top-District Competition

Today the U.S. Department of Education announced it received 371 applications ? representing more than 1,100 school districts ? for the Race to the Top-District competition.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Celebrates 314 Schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today will honor 314 schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools at an awards luncheon at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.  The award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools based on their overall academic excellence or for their progress toward significantly improving student academic achievement levels.

Source: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Celebrates 314 Schools as 2012 National Blue Ribbon Schools

Education Department Announces Highest-Rated Applications for Investing in Innovation 2012 Competition

The U.S. Department of Education today announced results for the third round of the Investing in Innovation (i3) competition, which will award the 20 highest-rated applications more than $140 million to expand innovative practices designed to improve student achievement. These 20 potential grantees, selected from 727 applications, must secure matching funds by Dec.

Source: Education Department Announces Highest-Rated Applications for Investing in Innovation 2012 Competition

Education Secretary Urges Colleges to Adjust Application Deadlines for Students Impacted by Hurricane Sandy

Today, Education Secretary Arne Duncan encouraged colleges, universities and scholarship programs across the country to consider extending their early November application deadlines to accommodate students who were impacted by Hurricane Sandy and who may be experiencing unexpected hardships.

Source: Education Secretary Urges Colleges to Adjust Application Deadlines for Students Impacted by Hurricane Sandy

UPDATE: Race to the Top-District Application Deadline Extended

Update:
For districts in states affected by Hurricane Sandy and for which the President has issued a major disaster declaration or an emergency declaration, the new Race to the Top-District deadline is 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012.

Source: UPDATE: Race to the Top-District Application Deadline Extended

All Eligible States Apply for Second Round of Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge

Today the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that all five eligible states—Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin—have submitted applications for the second round of Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge.

Source: All Eligible States Apply for Second Round of Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge

Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Afterschool Alliance's Lights on Afterschool Celebration

U.S. Secretary of Education today issued the following statement on the Afterschool Alliance's nationwide Lights on Afterschool celebration.

Source: Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Afterschool Alliance's Lights on Afterschool Celebration

Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the Inter-American Development Bank

As I listened to [IDB] President Moreno's remarks, I was struck not by how different the U.S. education system is but rather by how many educational challenges the U.S. shares with Latin America and Caribbean nations.

Source: Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the Inter-American Development Bank

Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Fourth White House Tribal Nations Conference

Thank you, Mr. Hill, for delivering that wonderful opening invocation. I can't tell you how pleased and honored I am to join you again for the fourth White House Tribal Nations Conference.

Source: Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Fourth White House Tribal Nations Conference

Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Education Trust Conference

This is a day of celebration in so many ways. I'm thrilled for our nation, and I'm thrilled for our nation's school children, that President Obama has been re-elected.

Source: Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Education Trust Conference

Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the TIME Higher Education Summit

It's great to be at the TIME Summit on Higher Education with such a distinguished group of leaders. All of you have thought long and hard about the future of higher education. And I'll try to be brief before we turn to the panel discussion.

Source: Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the TIME Higher Education Summit

Moving Forward, Staying Focused

Three  weeks ago, we began a cross-country bus tour in California to visit schools, meet with educators and students, get feedback and listen, and generally take the pulse of people after nearly four years in office.

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Closing The Opportunity Gap

Thank you for that generous introduction, Dennis [Van Roekel].

One of the most extraordinary opportunities in my job is that I get to visit hallowed ground. I get to stand in the footsteps of giants who fought and won battles for equal educational opportunity. And so it is today.

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Change is Hard

I  asked to speak with you today because, after three-plus years in Washington, it’s  a good time to take stock of where we are as a country ? and where we are  going.

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Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference

Thanks very much, Rahm, for that generous introduction.

I'm not sure what I've done to deserve such a glowing introduction. But I have a hunch that Rahm will let me know in a few minutes. He said something about wanting to have, quote, "a frank exchange of views."

Source: Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to the SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference

Testimony of Secretary Duncan before the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee

I want to thank the Chairman, the Ranking Member, and other Members of this Subcommittee for your support. Over the past three years, we've protected students at risk while investing in education reform that supports bold and courageous leadership at the both state and local level.

Source: Testimony of Secretary Duncan before the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Subcommittee

Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan  at the National Academy Foundation NEXT Conference

[Speaker may have deviated from prepared remarks.]

Thank you, J.D., for the warm welcome.  Good afternoon, everyone.  

It's a pleasure to join you all in marking the National Academy Foundation's 30-year record of impact, in states all across America.

Source: Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan  at the National Academy Foundation NEXT Conference

Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the 40th Anniversary of Title IX

It's a pleasure and honor to follow Valerie Jarrett and Birch Bayh. Given our lineup of distinguished speakers and outstanding panelists, I am going to keep my remarks brief.

Source: Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the 40th Anniversary of Title IX

Saluting Presidential Scholars

Good evening, and welcome to what promises to be a phenomenal exhibition of talent by this year's United States Presidential Scholars in the Arts.

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25th Anniversary Celebration for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

It's an honor to be here, and to be sandwiched between education luminaries like Secretary Riley, Michele Cahill, Governor Wise, and Governor Hunt.

Source: 25th Anniversary Celebration for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

The Race to the Top District Competition

We all know that the real work of educating children happens in the classroom among teachers and students in partnership with strong principals and involved parents.

Source: The Race to the Top District Competition

Walking the Beauty Way

Good morning everyone, and thank you for having me here today. I can't tell you how honored I am to have this opportunity. I have walked in beauty with the Navajo people in this land. It is an opportunity I will never forget.

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The Ladder Beneath My Feet

I  feel very fortunate to be here today to share in something which I think we do  too little of in the field of education?and that is to celebrate success. To our graduates, and to their families who have supported them on this journey,  congratulations.

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Broadening the Spirit of Respect and Cooperation for the Global Public Good

Strengthening Education as a Global Public Good

Thank you, Dr. Goodman, for that kind introduction—and for your leadership of this valued and venerable institution. It's striking to realize that IIE is approaching its centennial—and to consider its remarkable achievements during that time, in strengthening educational exchange and promoting understanding among nations.

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The Obama Record in Education

Thank you, Mark.

Good morning and welcome to Washington, delegates.

This is the third Mom Congress, and I've been honored to be at all three of them. I'm even more honored to have partners like you working across America to support education.

Source: The Obama Record in Education

A New Blueprint for Career and Technical Education

Before we start today's town hall discussion, I want to talk for a minute about the Obama administration's blueprint for reforming career and technical education, which we are releasing today.

Source: A New Blueprint for Career and Technical Education

Investing in America's Future:  A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education

Thank you Arne – for being here today to highlight this critically important initiative for our nation's economic prosperity.

Source: Investing in America's Future:  A Blueprint for Transforming Career and Technical Education

The Power of Debate?Building the Five "C's" for the 21st Century

I am delighted to be here tonight because the value of debate teams is both so great and yet so under-recognized.

Source: The Power of Debate?Building the Five "C's" for the 21st Century

The State of States Preschool?and Round Two of the RTT-Early Learning Challenge

Thank you, Steve [Barnett], for that kind introduction—and for the important work of the National Institute for Early Education Research over the last decade.

Source: The State of States Preschool?and Round Two of the RTT-Early Learning Challenge

Prepared Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Report, "Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 2009-10"

Note: Speaker deviated from prepared remarks

I'm delighted to be back in a school, and have the chance to talk to students, teachers, and parents. I loved hearing the Miner Glee Club. What a great, arts-infused school!

Source: Prepared Remarks of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the Report, "Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 2009-10"

Secretary Duncan to Give an Address on School Safety and the Promise Neighborhoods Program at Neval Thomas Elementary

In his first public appearance since the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join D.C. leaders and community members for a school safety forum at Neval Thomas Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 21 at 9 a.m.

Source: Secretary Duncan to Give an Address on School Safety and the Promise Neighborhoods Program at Neval Thomas Elementary

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Visit Neighborhoods Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New York

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will travel to New York?s Staten Island on Thursday, Dec.

Source: U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Visit Neighborhoods Impacted by Hurricane Sandy in New York

Obama Administration Officials to Host Press Call on Race to the Top-District Competition

White House Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Munoz and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will host a press call at 3:30 p.m. ET today, Tuesday, Dec. 11, to discuss the Race to the Top-District competition.

Source: Obama Administration Officials to Host Press Call on Race to the Top-District Competition

U.S. Education Secretary to Serve as Panelist at NAACP Education Summit during Lunch of New Report, ?Finding Our Way Back to First?

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will participate in a panel discussion at the NAACP?s Education Summit, when they will release their new report ?Finding Our Way Back to First,? which identifies best practices for education all of America?s children, and provides recommendations for advancing equity and closing achievement gaps.

Source: U.S. Education Secretary to Serve as Panelist at NAACP Education Summit during Lunch of New Report, ?Finding Our Way Back to First?

Secretary Duncan to Address 2012 White House Tribal Nations Conference

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will deliver remarks at the 2012 White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Department of the Interior.

Source: Secretary Duncan to Address 2012 White House Tribal Nations Conference

Senior Department Official to Give Luncheon Address at College Savings Foundation Summit on College Costs

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education David Bergeron will deliver the luncheon address at the College Savings Foundation?s summit, College Cost Conundrum: Why is College So Expensive?, at 12:45 p.m. ET, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, in Washington, D.C.

Source: Senior Department Official to Give Luncheon Address at College Savings Foundation Summit on College Costs

U.S. Education Secretary to Discuss Education Reform at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Tribute

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will deliver brief remarks at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Tribute to Recent Collective Bargaining Successes on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 12 p.m., ET. In his remarks, Duncan will discuss the importance and power of labor-management collaboration in moving education reform.

Source: U.S. Education Secretary to Discuss Education Reform at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Tribute

U.S. Education Official to Discuss Employment of Individuals with Disabilities  at National Employment Conference in Arlington, VA

Michael Yudin, acting assistant secretary for special education and rehabilitative services, will address the National Employment Conference at Marriott Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in Arlington, Va.

Source: U.S. Education Official to Discuss Employment of Individuals with Disabilities  at National Employment Conference in Arlington, VA

Secretary Duncan to Visit George Washington Carver High School in New Orleans

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will visit New Orleans, La., on Tuesday to meet with local leaders and discuss the progress of education reform. Duncan will tour classrooms at George Washington Carver High School at 11 a.m.

Source: Secretary Duncan to Visit George Washington Carver High School in New Orleans

Secretary Duncan to Join Governors, Other Officials in Major Announcement on Expanding Learning Time for Students

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will join Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Connecticut Gov.

Source: Secretary Duncan to Join Governors, Other Officials in Major Announcement on Expanding Learning Time for Students

Education Secretary Duncan to Deliver Remarks at Foundation for Excellence in Education?s Reform Summit

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will deliver remarks at the Foundation for Excellence in Education?s Reform Summit at 8:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Source: Education Secretary Duncan to Deliver Remarks at Foundation for Excellence in Education?s Reform Summit