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Obama's education secretary throws de Blasio a charter school curveball Former Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan threw Mayor de Blasio a curveball Tuesday when he joined Hizzoner on a teleconference to back renewal of mayoral control of schools — but...
Arne Duncan resigns, one of last members of Obama's original Cabinet WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan, one of the longest-serving members of President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, will step down in December, officials said Friday. In a letter to his staff...
Duncan digs at California teacher tenure during Obama meeting Just days after a national teachers’ union called for his head, Education Secretary Arne Duncan took a swipe at the low-bar that teachers have to clear to get tenure. On...
Team Obama's War on Schools for Poor Give the Obama administration credit for consistency if nothing else when it comes to targeting the for-profit education sector. In March, the Department of Education proposed new rules (whose public...
5 things to know about the campus sexual assault probe WASHINGTON — It’s a list that no college or university wants to be on. The Education Department on Thursday revealed the names of 55 colleges and universities facing a Title...
Harvard, Dartmouth among 55 schools facing sex assault probe WASHINGTON — Fifty-five colleges and universities — big and small, public and private — are being investigated over their handling of sexual abuse complaints under Title IX, the Education Department...
Suck it up, soccer moms: Arne Duncan is right over Common Core Suck it up, soccer moms. Arne Duncan is right. Duncan is US secretary of education, and on Friday he tossed a lit cherry-bomb: “It’s fascinating to me that some of...
Arne Duncan’s common core gaffe In an apology on CNN Monday, Arne Duncan conceded “his wording” and “his phrasing” had been “a little clumsy.” The education secretary claims he meant to say that “children from...