314 schools get Blue Ribbon award

Sept. 15, 2009
U.S. Education Department honors exemplary schools

News release: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that 314 schools have been selected as 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools. The schools--264 public and 50 private--will be honored at a November awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. Over the past 27 years, more than 6,150 of America's schools have received this award.

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