Day Two: Duncan visits Iowa
Secretary Arne Duncan is visiting WI and IA, April 18-19, to discuss college affordability, elevating the teaching profession, fostering community partnerships in ed, as well as training & retraining youth & adult students to enter the workforce through effective career & technical ed programs.
- Duncan started the second day of his visit to the Midwest at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa, for a White House Rural Council roundtable with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Executive Director for the Office of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers at the Department of Labor, Jay Williams, as well as students, faculty and business leaders.
White House Rural Council Representatives Hold Discussion Roundtable - News Releases - Hawkeye Community College | Waterloo, IowaBy: Public Relations and MarketingDate Published: Thursday, April 19, 2012 WATERLOO-U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan; U.S. Secret...
Joining @USDA Sec Vilsack & @USDOL's Jay Williams at @HawkeyeCollege this AM. Here's what happened yesterday go.usa.gov/yjd
Not everyone is going to get a 4 yr degree, but you have to have skills beyond high school. -- Jay Williams from @USDOL #communitycolleges- Obama Administration Touts Iowa Community College Worker Training | Eastern Iowa GovernmentBy Andrew Wind, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO - A visit by Obama Administration officials Thursday put Hawkeye Community College'...
- Duncan's second stop was at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa, where he joined Brenda Dann-Messier, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Vocational and Adult Education, to release the Obama Administration’s blueprint for transforming Career and Technical Education (CTE).
- New "Blueprint to Transform Career & Technical Education" now available go.usa.gov/yDj
U.S. Secretary of Education @arneduncan visited @DMACCNews in Ankeny today. We have photos! - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150777538529793.423237.102436154792&type=1
We want students to be prepared for the jobs of today and tomorrow, @arneduncan #CTEBlueprint #ruraled
I applaud @usedgov ’s blueprint for career & tech training. We must give our kids more options for successful careers: 1.usa.gov/HWbAo3
RT @usedgov: #CTEBlueprint is vitally important for maintaining economic prosperity & preparing a skilled workforce for 21st century http://go.usa.gov/yB2
@arneduncan "The strength of our nation's economy is inextricably linked to its education system." #iaedfuture http://pic.twitter.com/woVZfPme
Sen Harkin welcomes Obama admin's Blueprint for Career & Technical Education go.usa.gov/yBH #CTEBlueprint
@arneduncan - we fundamentally have to invest in education, cradle to career. #iaedfuture
ACCT commends @arneduncan, @usedgov and OVAE for commitment to Carl D. Perkins Career & Tech Ed Program conta.cc/HWhlUH- In the knowledge-based economy, lifelong learning is critical. Traditional mission of #CTE has to change. - @arneduncan #CTEBlueprint
DMACC President Rob Denson starts off the panel discussion with a question to U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan. http://pic.twitter.com/y8yFy50N- Education boss: More money needed for community collegesANKENY, Iowa - U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for billions of additional dollars for community colleges during a town hal...
@arneduncan Great townhall mtg with Secy Duncan today at DMACC. CTE vital to our students' and country's future. Very proud of AHS students!- Rigorous, relevant, & results-driven CTE programs are vital to preparing students for the 21st century. go.usa.gov/yDj #CTEBlueprint
- Visit www.ed.gov/blog to read more about Secretary Duncan's visit to Iowa.
Day Two Iowa: Improving Rural Economies & Transforming CTE | ED.gov Blog"I hadn't taken an algebra class in 40 years," community college student Jennifer DeLange told Secretary Duncan yesterday morning at a Wh...
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