U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held the Department’s first Twitter Town Hall event of any kind on Aug. 24, 2011. Thousands of Twitter users submitted #AskArne questions, and Duncan answered a range of questions related to education reform and supporting student achievement during a town hall conversation moderated by journalist John Merrow.
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WHO: John White, deputy assistant secretary for Rural Outreach, U.S. Department of Education
WHAT: Twitter Rural Forum
WHEN: 3 p.m. ET Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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