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 ...

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.

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 ...

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… ...

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 ...

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Arne Duncan served as U.S. secretary of education under President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2016, following a seven-year tenure as the superintendent of the Chicago public schools. During his time at ...