WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Leaders Highlight Civics Education at "History Rocks!" Events in Vermont and West Virginia * Today, leaders from the U.S. Department of Education visited schools in Newport, Vermont and Beckley, West Virginia as part of the Department of Education's national History Rocks! Trail to Independence tour, in celebration of America's upcoming 250th birthday. The tour aims   more