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U.S.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige, Special Olympics
founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, House Education
and Workforce Committee Chairman John Boehner and
children with disabilities gathered for a press
conference to discuss how all children in America
deserve a quality education, including those with
disabilities.
The press conference also explains a new regulation
published in the Federal Register that provides
greater flexibility for schools under the bipartisan
No Child Left Behind education reform law that also
ensures accountability for students with disabilities.
The new provision will strengthen the two key pillars
of the No Child Left Behind Act -- accountability
and flexibility -- while protecting parents' opportunities
to receive information about their child's progress
in school.
Participants:
U.S.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige
Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver
U.S. Rep. John Boehner, Chairman of
the House Education and Workforce Committee
Mark Howard, parent. Mr. Howard's
son Nicholas, 8, is a second grade student at Falmouth
Elementary School in Stafford County. Nicholas enjoys
music class, swimming, and Cub Scouts. Nicholas
has autism.
JoAnn Nelson, math, English and reading
teacher at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Fairfax
County, VA. Ms. Nelson teaches students with diverse
disabilities, including students with the most significant
cognitive disabilities
Emily Lambert, one of Ms. Nelson's
students. Emily Lambert is an 8th grade student
and participates in the school chorus, on the school
newspaper staff, and in Special Olympics basketball.
Emily has Down syndrome.
Department
of Education officials released a new report about families'
knowledge of college costs and unveiled Student Aid
on the Web -- a powerful new web tool to help students
and families navigate the entire federal student aid
process, including interactive tools that assess career
interests, show how to apply for student aid and how
to project future education costs.
This
event was BOTH an in-person briefing for local reporters
and a virtual briefing for regional reporters
Participants:
Department
of Education officials
Terri Shaw, Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student
Aid
Chris Chapman, National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige delivered his
annual back-to-school speech from the National Press
Club on Wednesday, Sept. 24. The speech, "Education
in America: The Complacency Must End," was webcast
live.
The National Press Club annually invites the Secretary
of Education to speak as part of its regular weekly
luncheons.
Secretary Paige and other senior officers from the
U.S. Department of Education discussed President Bush's
2004 budget request for education on Monday, Feb.
3, 2003.
U.S.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige held a press conference
and answered questions about the historic No Child
Left Behind Act on Wednesday, January 8, 2003.
The remarks were webcast live and available live via
satellite on Ku-band AMC-2, Transponder K17.
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