On Tuesday, September 8, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson visited Durham, North Carolina’s Southern High School for a “My Education, My Future” event. Administrator Jackson spoke first to the high school’s green club and later addressed the entire school before introducing President Obama’s televised national address on the importance of taking responsibility for their education. Administrator Jackson watched the speech with Southern High students and discussed the importance of taking responsibility for their education. (10:38)

On Friday, August 28, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis in a special bilingual reading event as part of the Education Department’s summer literacy initiative “Read to the Top!!”  Administrator Jackson read the Dr. Seuss classic The Lorax to students at the Mt. Vernon Community School in Alexandria, Virginia.