Former President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan flunked fellow Democrats for failing to run on improving schools — and ceding the education issue to Republicans. “We’re adrift, it’s ...

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan issued President Trump a warning over plans to shutter the Department of Education, decrying “you break it, you own it.” “Folks like Trump are sort of cowards at ...

Before becoming the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan served for seven years as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools. Duncan has said that education is "the most pressing issue facing America" and ...

Arne Duncan, former US Secretary of Education under President Obama, shares his insight on what the former President might talk about during his speech during the second night of the DNC. He also ...

WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan has suggestions for how schools can spend their economic stimulus money, including summer school and extra pay for teachers to coach struggling colleagues.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised the academic gains in New Orleans that followed Hurricane Katrina to a supportive audience Thursday (Dec. 11) at the annual luncheon of the Bureau of ...

Making higher education the norm for everyone in the nation—and ensuring that people have not just access to higher education, but also the support to complete that education—is… ...

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