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# Raise the Bar 

# Raise the Bar 

                      -  March 21, 2023  Raise the Bar: Achieve Academic Excellence  Goal: Develop a comprehensive and rigorous education for every student with high-quality instruction that prepares them to be active, engaged, and lifelong learners.The Problem  **Tags:**Raise the Bar
                      -  March 8, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces Finalists in the Future Finder Challenge to Advance Digital Career Navigation Tools for Adult Learners  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education is announcing five finalists in the Future Finder Challenge, a $1 million challenge to reimagine career navigation for adult learners. This is the first time the Department has launched a challenge to advance the education technology space for adult learners.
  **Tags:**Adult EducationRaise the BarPress Releases
                      -  March 1, 2023  U.S. Secretary of Education to Participate in National Read Across America Day by Reading to Students in Dual Language Program  
On Thursday, March 2, U.S. Secretary of  Education Miguel Cardona will read to students at Tyler Elementary School in  Washington, D.C., during National  Read Across America Day.
  **Tags:**Raise the BarMedia Advisories
                      -  February 15, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces First-Ever Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program Grants to Strengthen Teachers of Color Pipeline and Address Teacher Shortage  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department)  announced first-ever awards, totaling over $18 million, for the Augustus F.  Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program grants to increase high-quality teacher  preparation programs for teachers of color, strengthen the diversity of our  teacher pipeline, and address teacher shortages.
  **Tags:**Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence ProgramRaise the BarPress Releases
                      -  January 30, 2023  U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education to Visit Nashville, Tennessee During “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” Tour  
On Monday, Jan. 30, U.S. Deputy Secretary of  Education Cindy Marten will continue her “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” tour  by traveling to Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville, Tennessee to discuss  ways the campus—three schools serving grades 5 through 12—can continue to  promote academic excellence and prepare its students for global  competitiveness.
  **Tags:**Raise the BarMedia Advisories
                      -  January 24, 2023  Secretary Cardona Announces the U.S. Department of Education’s “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” Initiative  
In a major address, U.S.  Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona laid out his vision for the direction the  agency will follow in 2023 to promote academic excellence, improve learning  conditions, and prepare our students for a world where global engagement is  critical to our nation’s standing.
  **Tags:**Raise the BarPress Releases
                      -  January 24, 2023  Remarks by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Raise the Bar: Lead the World  
Thank  you to everyone, here and on the livestream, for joining us today for an  important conversation on what it will take to Raise the Bar in education – and  Lead the World – in three key areas: academic excellence, boldly improving  learning conditions, and preparing our students for a world of global  competitiveness.
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