The Department of Education is celebrating a number of new and expanded public- and private-sector commitments that promise to empower American students and families with the tools and information they need to make optimal choices as they pursue their educational goals. They announced the launch of education.data.gov - a site that serves as a central guide for education data resources including high–value data sets, data visualization tools, resources for the classroom, applications created from open data and more. These datasets have been gathered from various agencies to provide detailed information on the state of education on all levels.By summer 2012 FSA will add a "MyData" download button to allow students to download their own data into a simple, machine-readable file that they could share – at their own discretion – with third parties that develop helpful consumer tools.