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Draft K-12 Common Core State Standards Available for Comment
The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) today released the first official public draft of the K-12 standards as part of the Common Core State Standards Initiative,

SRMN: STEM Research and Modeling Network Newsletter
BHEF's U.S. STEM Education Model will soon have a fresh new look that also will make it easier for non-modelers to use!

Secretary Duncan Releases Application for $650 Million to Support I³ Grants
March 6: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced the Department of Education's final priorities and the grant application for the $650 million Investing in Innovation Fund (i3).

U.S. Department of Education: What's Possible: Turning Around America's Lowest Performing Schools
The Obama administration is making an historic commitment to support state and local education leaders in turning around the nation’s lowest-achieving schools.

Primary Sources: America's Teachers on America's Schools
March 3, the Gates Foundation and Scholastic Inc. will release Primary Sources: America’s Teachers on America’s Schools, a report presenting the results of a national survey of more than 40,000 public school teachers in grades pre-K to 12. We hope you will be able to join us for a webcast panel discussion at 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday to discuss the findings. Event details and the link to register for the webcast are included below.

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