In December 2011, Cigarroa was invited to the White House to share his program with US President Barack Obama and US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
In September 2013, the school was one of 15 in New Jersey to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, an award called the "most prestigious honor in the United States' education system" and which Education Secretary Arne Duncan described as schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".
He is the great-great-great-grandfather of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
In September 2013, the yeshiva was one of 15 schools in New Jersey to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, an award called the "most prestigious honor in the United States' education system" and which Education Secretary Arne Duncan described as honoring schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".
It is funded by the ED Recovery Act as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and was announced by President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on July 24, 2009.
American Teacher also features interviews with US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Deputy Secretary of Education Brad Jupp, the founder of The Equity Project Charter School Zeke Vanderhoek, Stanford Professor of Education Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford economist Eric Hanushek, and several regional and national teachers of the year.
In September 2013, the school was one of 15 in New Jersey to be recognized by the United States Department of Education as part of the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, an award called the "most prestigious honor in the United States' education system" and which Education Secretary Arne Duncan described as honoring schools that "represent examples of educational excellence".
Arne Carlson | Isadora Duncan | Duncan Sandys | Arne Duncan | Duncan, British Columbia | Seymour Duncan | Sandy Duncan | Iain Duncan Smith | Duncan Hines | Duncan Edwards | Arne Domnérus | John Duncan | Duncan MacLeod | Duncan | Arne Næss | Thomas Arne | John Duncan (artist) | Arne Hjeltnes | Adam Duncan | Raymond Duncan | Duncan Patterson | Duncan Hunter | Duncan Grant | Duncan B. Forrester | Arthur Duncan | Arne Naess | Arne Jacobsen | Arne Garborg | Arne Brimi | Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan |
Digital Nation has interviewed prominent scholars and educators for the documentary, many of whom are featured on the website: Mark Bauerlein, Dr. Jerald Block, Danah Boyd, Anne Collier, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, James Paul Gee, Henry Jenkins, Francoise LeGoues, Gloria Mark, Dr. Clifford Nass, Marc Prensky, Albert "Skip" Rizzo, Philip Rosedale, Noah Shachtman, P. W. Singer and Dr. Sherry Turkle.
Race to the Top, an education initiative announced in 2009 by Secretary Arne Duncan