Arne Duncan

Posted by Dan McSwain “Working collectively, together with the President-elect, we have the chance to do something extraordinary.” That’s just part of the reaction we got from talking with Secretary-designate of Education Arne Duncan about the Citizen’s Briefing Book project now underway on the site. Mr. Duncan adds an insider’s viewpoint to some of the topics that the community has raised in the Citizen’s Briefing Book—issues like student loan forgiveness, more access to higher education, increasing the money going into Pell Grants, and creating alternative routes into the teaching profession. With your input, the Citizen’s Briefing Book is becoming a venue for these ideas ... Read Full Story

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks about the source of his passion for education reform — and why he thinks it’s about more than education, it’s about social justice. B&W photos by Sandra Steinbrecher (This video is public domain) Related Blogs Woodstock CT Café - also serving Eastford, Pomfret, Brooklyn … What shall we do with higher education ? - elearnspace Read Full Story

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan talks about the source of his passion for education reform — and why he thinks it’s about more than education, it’s about social justice. B&W photos by Sandra Steinbrecher (This video is public domain) Related Blogs PUNK ROCK REPUBLICAN » Blog Archive » Why Do All Of President … Sneaky Education And The Desktop | jonobacon@home Tags: Arne , barack , Duncan , Education , Obama , president , Secretary Read Full Story

The Fundamental Dishonesty of Arne Duncan Why won't the Department of Education stand up for D.C. school vouchers? David Harsanyi Secretary of Education Arne Duncan argues that we have an obligation to disregard politics to do whatever is "good for the kids." Well then, one wonders, why did his Department of Education bury a politically inconvenient study regarding education reform? And why, now that the evidence is public, does the administration continue to ignore it and allow reform to be killed? When Congress effectively shut down the Washington, D.C., voucher program last month, snatching $7,500 Opportunity Scholarship vouchers from disadvantaged kids, it failed to ... Read Full Story

"schools, colleges and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st-century classroom." --Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as quoted on CNN.com Read Full Story