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# Press Releases 

                                    -  December 4, 2023  Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Recent PISA Data  
Today, the results of 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released, which showed the U.S. world ranking improving in science, math, and reading. Below is a statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the results:
  **Tags:**STEMPress Releases
                                    -  December 1, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Announces Winners of the $1 Million Future Finder Challenge to Support Adult Learners   
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  **Tags:**Career and Technical Education (CTE)Press Releases
                                    -  November 30, 2023  U.S. Education Secretary Cardona Appoints Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert to National Assessment Governing Board  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today announced the  appointment of Jhone Ebert, superintendent of public instruction in Nevada, to the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the Nation’s Report Card. Ebert fills a spot on the Governing Board reserved for a chief state school officer. Her term began Nov. 20, 2023.
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  November 29, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Partnership to Distribute Free COVID-19 Tests to Schools Across the Country  
Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), a division within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced a partnership to distribute free COVID-19 tests to schools across the country.
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  November 28, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Seeks Nominations for New Higher Education Program Integrity and Institutional Quality Rulemaking Panel    
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced today that it will publish a notice in the Federal  Register establishing a negotiated rulemaking committee that will meet to  rewrite regulations that address some of the “nuts and bolts” of Title IV program  integrity and institutional quality under the Higher Education Act. In the  notice, the Department requests nominations for non-Federal negotiators and  sets dates for negotiation sessions.
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  November 28, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Updated Resource to Support the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Programs  
The U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of  Health and Human Services (the Departments) today announced the release of an  updated joint-policy statement on supporting the inclusion of children with  disabilities in early childhood programs.
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  November 28, 2023  Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $74 Million to Expand Full-Service Community Schools  
The U.S. Department of Education today announced nearly  $74 million in new, five-year Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) grants to  support an additional 30 local educational agencies, nonprofits, and other  public or private organizations and institutions of higher education working to  expand community schools including by making awards in four new states: Idaho,  Missouri, New Hampshire, and Ohio. U.S.
  **Tags:**Full-Service Community SchoolsPress Releases
                                    -  November 17, 2023  U.S. Department of Education Wraps Up Week of Sessions and Actions to Address Alarming Rise of Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Anti-Arab Hate in Schools and Colleges  
This week, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten, Under Secretary James Kvaal, and other U.S. Department of Education (Department) officials held a series of meetings and listening sessions to learn more about the growing concerns of antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Arab, and related forms of discrimination in schools. The Department also announced a series of actions to address these issues.
  **Tags:**DiscriminationPress Releases
                                    -  November 17, 2023  Secretary Cardona Discusses with National Muslim, Arab, and Sikh Leaders the Alarming Rise of Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate in Schools and Colleges  
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Deputy  Secretary Cindy Marten, and other senior Biden-Harris Administration officials  today met with national Muslim, Arab, and Sikh organization leaders. During the  meeting, they discussed new actions and resources  the Biden-Harris Administration has announced to counter the alarming  uptick in instances of Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and hate-fueled threats and  violence more broadly, in schools and college campuses. 
  **Tags:**Press Releases
                                    -  November 17, 2023  U.S. Department of Education, State and Local Organizations Commit to Bolstering Access to Mental Health Supports for Students    
The U.S. Department of Education, National      Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE), National Conference of      State Legislatures (NCSL), State Higher Education Executive Officers Association      (SHEEO), National Association of Counties (NACo), and U.S. Conference of      Mayors (USCM) today released the following joint statement to advance their      unified commitment to bolster mental health supports for students:  
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