U.S. Education Secretary to Deliver Opening Address at AACTE 2010 Annual Meeting

Educators to Examine Teacher Assessments, Performance, Standards, Reform, the Impact of State and Federal Budget Cuts and Other Policy Issues

For Immediate Release
Contact: Kristin McCabe, kmccabe@aacte.org.

Washington, D.C. (February 17, 2010) – U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will discuss the Obama administration’s education policies and priorities in his opening remarks at the 2010 Annual Meeting & Exhibits of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE).

Secretary Duncan will address more than 2,000 education leaders and researchers from the nation’s colleges and universities in the first General Session at 12:00 noon, Friday, February 19, at the Hilton Atlanta.