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Posts Tagged Arne Duncan

Scott says Florida’s ‘no strings attached’ policy didn’t help rejected Race to the Top application

By | 12.16.11 | 11:55 am

Florida’s application for up to $100 million in early learning federal grant money was rejected today. According to a statement issued by Gov. Rick Scott, his insistence that the grant not come with “strings attached” did not “win the favor” of the agency awarding the funds.

Biden in Jacksonville today to talk college affordability

By | 12.08.11 | 10:24 am

Vice President Joe Biden will make an appearance in Jacksonville today, to discuss college affordability at a local high school.

The U.S. Capitol (Pic by jcolman)

DREAM Act supporters and opponents face off in first ever Senate hearing

By | 06.28.11 | 4:41 pm

A few minutes into the the first ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the subcommittee holding the meeting, had to tell supporters to not applaud any comments.

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