A Note From our Executive Director
Over the coming weeks, the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics (Initiative) will be working to facilitate the transition to the next Administration. As many of you know, the Executive ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 1:25PM
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What to Do with Thanksgiving Leftovers
Turkey and cranberry sauce sandwich
Thanksgiving isn't until tomorrow, so why are we already talking about leftovers? Because your leftovers plan should start right after Thanksgi ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 12:42PM
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Housing Not Handcuffs: New Campaign Initiative Looks to End the Criminalization of Homelessness
Homelessness remains a national crisis, with millions of people homeless or at-risk - including at least 1.36 ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 12:04PM
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Last week, the Law Center released our latest national report (https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Housing-Not-Handcuffs) on the criminalization of homelessness, which reviewed trends in 187 cities over the past ten years. Laws criminalizing living in ve ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 11:23AM
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Dr. King Sends Letter to States Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in Schools
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. sent a letter today urging state leaders to end the use of corporal punishment in schools, a ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 9:53AM
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In the year 2000, cancer was the leading cause of death in only two states. Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2014 report was released, showing that cancer is now competing with heart disease to be the leading cause of death ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 6:25PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!: USDE PARENT BULLETIN: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Education today released a report, “Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education,” building on the Administra ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 3:25PM
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Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a video statement recently on the FBI’s newly announced 2015 Hate Crime Statistics as well as on recent media reports of alleged hate crimes and harassment around the country. Th ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 2:00PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!: Free Webinar November 22, 2016, at 3p.m.-4p.m.
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Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 11:51AM
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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK:
International Education Week is currently taking place to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. IEW knows no bounds as schools, colleges and universities, embassies, internationa ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 11:12AM
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Healing the Divide in the Classroom
It is no secret that this presidential election brought to light a divide in the country that is going to take time to heal. That healing is best represented in schools where students have the opportunity to ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 10:25AM
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Six students from Appleton North High School and six from several Milwaukee high schools met Saturday at the Fox Valley Unitarian Universalists church in Appleton, WI, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Afterwards a pot luck social ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 9:00AM
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APOSTOLIC EQUIPPING INSTITUTE BIBLE SCHOOL
Escape the ordinary with online Bible school courses that equip and empower you to make a difference with your life. Study in an international school with students in more than 40 nations and receive a mi ...
Posted Sunday, November 20th 2016 at 2:56PM
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HOT OFF THE PRES!
Please enjoy this week's LOPnewsmag with Pres. Obama saluting all Veterans,
HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthew Burwell on Health Insurance for Rural America,
Linking Healthcare With Housing Through HRSA,
USDE Secretary Dr. ...
Posted Friday, November 18th 2016 at 7:43PM
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Like millions of Americans, Barack Obama was struggling to explain the results of last week's election, a New Yorker profile on the president revealed.
Obama campaigned furiously for Hillary Clinton throughout the presidential campaign, and repeat ...
Posted Friday, November 18th 2016 at 10:40AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Citing Prison Inmate Literacy Study, King Calls for More High-Quality Education Programs in Correctional Facilities
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. today called for more high-quality education programs within co ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 5:10PM
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New Report from the Early Learning Interagency Policy Board Highlights the Successful Integration of Data from Early Childhood Programs and Services By Libby Doggett, Charles Homer & Linda K. Smith
Today the U.S. Depar ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 4:36PM
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Education Department Releases New Graduate Earnings Data for Career College Programs
Today, for the first time, the U.S. Department of Education released data showing the typical earnings of graduates of the thousands o ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 4:17PM
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Virtual Job Fair for Rural Sites
Thursday, November 17, 2016
6:45 – 10:15 p.m. ET
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Join the Virtual Job Fair to connect and network with prospective employers and find job vacancies in all National Health Service ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 3:52PM
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President-Elect Mr. Donald Trump could reverse Obama administration policies on immigration, pay and benefits for some federal workers and Cuba as soon as he enters the Oval Office.
On policing and health care, Trump's team can easily suspend some ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 9:22AM
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Linking Health Care to Housing through HRSA Safety Net Programs
November 14, 2016By: Jim Macrae, Acting Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Summary:
When people have stable living conditions, it positively imp ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 1:13PM
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The U.S. Department of Education announced today $836,000 in grants to Minnesota, Washington state and Hawaii to improve data collection of Asian American Pacific Islander students and to help identify effective practices to close achievement and o ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 12:49PM
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FACT SHEET: New Federal Guidance and Resources to Support Completion and Success in Higher Education"America's path to progress has long depended on our nation's colleges and universities—and today, that's more true than ever, when a college degree ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 12:34PM
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Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 11:25AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
THIS RESOURCE IS AN ESSENTIAL EQUIPPING TOOL FOR ALL STUDENTS OF THE WORD AND IT IS A REQUIRED TEXT BOOK FOR THE SCHOOL OF THE PROPHETS INSTITUTE!
AND NOW AVAILABLE in SPANISH! GLORY!!!
Experimente el poder y el mist ...
Posted Wednesday, November 16th 2016 at 11:17AM
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