U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Resolves Restraint and Seclusion Compliance Review of Denton Independent School District in Texas
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that the Denton Independent School District in Texas has entered into a resolution agreement to ensure that its restraint policies and practices do not deny students with disabilities a...
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Delivers Oral Testimony on the Department of Education’s Budget Request (FY25)
Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, distinguished Members of the Committee – thank you for the opportunity to testify today on President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the United States Department of Education. I speak to you today in my capacity...
A faster, better way to prevent an AI chatbot from giving toxic responses
A user could ask ChatGPT to write a computer program or summarize an article, and the AI chatbot would likely be able to generate useful code or write a cogent synopsis. However, someone could also ask for instructions to build a bomb, and the chatbot might be able to...
Statement by Miguel Cardona Secretary of Education on the U.S. Department of Education Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request
U.S. Department of Education Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Touts Progress In Multilingual Education at the National Association for Bilingual Education (Remarks As Prepared)
Thank you, Evelyn, for that introduction. It’s a joy to be back here. I look forward to NABE every year . . . because when I’m here, I know I’m preaching to the choir. Me siento que estoy entre familia. Espero la sopa ahorita. I don’t have to tell this group that...
Extracting hydrogen from rocks
It’s commonly thought that the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen, exists mainly alongside other elements — with oxygen in water, for example, and with carbon in methane. But naturally occurring underground pockets of pure hydrogen are punching holes in...
When an antibiotic fails: MIT scientists are using AI to target “sleeper” bacteria
Since the 1970s, modern antibiotic discovery has been experiencing a lull. Now the World Health Organization has declared the antimicrobial resistance crisis as one of the top 10 global public health threats. When an infection is treated repeatedly, clinicians run...
Community Colleges: Building Pathways to the Future
BY: Amy Loyd, ED.L.D., Assistant Secretary, OCTAE The American postsecondary education system has seen many transformations, but none so democratic and revolutionary as the founding of the first community college in Joliet, Illinois in 1901. Then-president of the...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Plans to Deliver Debt Relief to Tens of Millions of Americans
Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief
Introducing improvements to the fine-tuning API and expanding our custom models program
We’re adding new features to help developers have more control over fine-tuning and announcing new ways to build custom models with OpenAI.