May 5th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
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WASHINGTON – Education Secretary Arne Duncan is a man on a mission: to hear what teachers, students and parents in at least 15 states think about No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law championed by former President George W. Bush.
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US education secretary to speak in Detroit
May 4th, 2009 - Freep
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is scheduled to speak at Cobo Hall next week at the 2009 National United Way Staff Leaders Conference, the organization's schedule of events shows.
Stimulus funds up the ante for public schools
May 4th, 2009 - USA Today
WASHINGTON — Handing $100 billion to needy public schools in an economic crisis is an unalloyed good thing, right? School districts across the USA are gearing up to receive the first payments under the federal economic stimulus...
Arne Duncan's Choice
May 4th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Washington, D.C.'s school voucher program for low-income kids isn't dead yet. But the Obama Administration seems awfully eager to expedite its demise. About 1,700 kids...
Grow up and stop complaining, Hyslop tells students
Apr 27th, 2009 - Times Online
Scotland's Education Secretary last took the extraordinary step last night of issuing a robust “grow up” message to the country's students after they accused the government at Holyrood of betraying manifesto pledges. Fiona Hyslop...
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3:50Duncan: Opposition of Obama School Speech "Silly Stuff"
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan appears on "Face the Nation" to address criticism from the right regarding President Obama's in-school speech to schoolchildren. "All the drama, all the hoopla, at the end of the day, if the President motivates ...
2:16Meet Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
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)
0:52U.S. Education Secretary Commends National PTA
During his testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Secretary Arne Duncan,-US Department of Education commended National PTA and partner associations for creating a guide for parents to help them talk to their children about H1N1 and support prevention methods
5:24Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the Tribal Nations Conference
Duncan addresses reasons why students struggle and proposes ways to help Native American students, starting at the preschool level.
