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Arne Duncan

Part I - Why Arts Education is a Matter of Social Justice and Why it will Save the World

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Children, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Wynton Marsalis, Barack Obama, Arts Education, Politics News
Lucia Brawley

Inspired by countless examples of the vital importance of the arts in shaping young lives, I have made my way into rooms with some of the country's foremost arts educators and arts education advocates.

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Innovation Fund Will Not Promote Innovation

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Arne Duncan, Venture Capital, Public Education, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

The $650 million portion of the US Education Department's stimulus bill supposedly devoted to innovation was written with three fatal flaws.

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Incentives for Equitable Education

Tom Vander Ark | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, Economic Stimulus Package, Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News
Tom Vander Ark

The US Education Department will soon be writing checks totaling more than $100 billion to states and districts. The success of Obama's first term hinges on how this money is spent.

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Arne Duncan Hires Hideout Co-Owner Tim Tuten

Chicago Reader's Post No Bills | Peter Margasak | Posted 04.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: The Hideout, Arne Duncan, Tim Tuten, Chicago News

Hideout co-owner Tim Tuten is headed to our nation's capitol next month to work for Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. ...

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State Getting $3 Billion For Education From Stimulus

AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Education Stimulus, Arne Duncan, Stimulus Education Money, Stimulus Education Funding, Illinois Stimulus Funds, Stimulus Package, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

CHICAGO - Federal officials say Illinois will receive about $3 billion for education in economic stimulus money. It's money President Barack Obama pr...

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Turning to a New Generation to Solve the News Crisis

Alexander Heffner | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Micropayments, Arne Duncan, Youth, Economic Crisis, Media, Students, Journalism, Walter Isaacson, Media News
Alexander Heffner

Rather than asking young people to pay -- an admittedly unrealistic proposition according to most of those who study journalistic trends -- let's seek their own engagement in news gathering.

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Obama's Generational Investment in Education

Alexander Heffner | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Administration, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Education, Economic Stimulus Package, Arne Duncan, President Obama, Politics News
Alexander Heffner

If you believe, as the President said, that the heart of our national prosperity is education, then we must employ every energy to overhaul the American education system -- today.

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Extra! Extra! Schools Not Cause of Current Economic Crisis!

Gerald Bracey | Posted 03.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Arne Duncan, Reform, Economic Crisis, Educaton, Globalization, Education Reform, Economy, Living News
Gerald Bracey

Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, schools have been the scapegoat of choice for any social crisis, real or imagined.

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I Want to Get Rid of Tony

Dennis Danziger | Posted 03.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Children, Kids, Chicago, High School, Teachers, Teaching, Los Angeles, Students, Learning, Teenagers, Living News
Dennis Danziger

Every day between 12:36 and 1:31, Tony's behavior ties up a good chunk of my class. There's his late entrance. His refusal to sit in his assigned seat. His refusal to read quietly.

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Why Daley Is Wrong to Move Huberman

Mike Doyle | Posted 02.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Frank Kruesi, Cta, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA President, CPS CEO, Ron Huberman, Cps, Huberman CPS, Mayor Daley, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

Chicagoans, especially those growing numbers who ride the CTA to work and to school every day, recognize how rotten this decision is.

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Jesse Jackson Slams Choice Of Huberman As New CPS Chief

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Barbara Eason-Watkins, Chicago Schools Chief, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman Cps, Mayor Daley, Jesse Jackson, Ron Huberman, Cps, Chicago News

Under fire for what critics said was a "unilateral, closed-door" selection process that bypassed a black woman, Mayor Daley on Tuesday defended his de...

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CTA Chief Ron Huberman Named New Head Of Chicago School System

AP | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Huberman CPS, Arne Duncan, Cps, CPS CEO, Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman Chicago Schools, Ron Huberman, Chicago News

CHICAGO - Chicago's public school system has a new CEO. Mayor Richard Daley has named Chicago Transit Authority President Ron Huberman as the new chi...

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CTA Chief Huberman To Become Head Of Schools

Chicago Sun-Times | Fran Spielman | Posted 02.27.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Mayor Daley, Ron Huberman Chicago Schools, Huberman CPS, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Cps, CPS CEO, Chicago News

CTA President Ron Huberman, an all-purpose mayoral troubleshooter with no background in education, will be appointed Tuesday to run the nation's third...

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CTA Chief Huberman In Mix To Run CPS

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos and Todd Lighty | Posted 02.24.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Huberman CPS, Arne Duncan, Ron Huberman, Chicago Public Schools, Cps, New CPS Head, Chicago News

Mayor Richard Daley is considering CTA President Ron Huberman as a potential successor to Arne Duncan in running the city's public school system, sour...

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Science is Back in the House

Bill Allen | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Arne Duncan, TIMMS Report, President Obama, Inaugural Address, Competitiveness, Secretary of Education, Teacher Education, Anti-Intellectualism, Science, Anti-Science, Mathematics, Barack Obama Inaugural Address, Science Education, Barack Obama, Taiwan, Yemen, England, Netherlands, Hong Kong, Borat, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Education Reform, Schools, Japan, Teaching, Learning, Politics News
Bill Allen

A worldwide study of education in science and math contains a mixed report card for the U.S. The good news: We did manage to beat Yemen soundly.

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Senate Confirms 6 Obama Cabinet Picks, Clinton Not Included

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Eric Shinseki Veterans Affairs Secretary, Janet Napolitano, Steven Chu, Napolitano, Peter Orszag, Ken Salazar, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Eric Shinseki, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, 100 Days, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Senate swiftly approved six members of President Barack Obama's Cabinet on Tuesday, but put off for a day the vote on his choic...

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Who Makes the Cut in Closing Schools?

Lorraine Forte | Posted 02.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago News
Lorraine Forte

When CPS officials released the final school closings list on Friday, four that were initially slated to close or undergo the turnaround process--whic...

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CPS Announcing School Closings

Chicago Public Radio | Linda Lutton | Posted 02.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Public School Closings, CPS Closings, Rufus Williams, Arne Duncan, Chicago School Closings, Chicago Public Schools, School Reform, Chicago School Consolidation, Cps, School Closings, Chicago News

Chicago Public Schools chief Arne Duncan will recommend today that some two dozen schools be closed or consolidated. Schools will be shut down for tw...

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Republicans Gush Over Obama Education Secretary Nominee Arne Duncan

Chicago Tribune | Frank James | Posted 02.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Barack Obama Arne Duncan, Arne Duncan, Arne Duncan Confirmation Hearing, Obama Nominee Hearing, Obama's Cabinet, Arne Duncan Confirmation, Chicago News

Arne Duncan's confirmation hearing to be the incoming Obama Administration's Education Secretary could have easily been confused for a lovefest. Or th...

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Duncan is Smart Choice for Education Secretary

Rep. George Miller | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rep. George Miller, Education, Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

Arne recognizes the seismic shift happening in education -- he knows first-hand that real change requires real leadership.

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Arne Duncan's Final Chicago Move: Consolidate 25 Schools

Chicago Sun-Times | Maudlyne Ihejirika | Posted 02.10.2009 | Chicago

Read More: CPS Consolidation, Chicago School Consolidation, Arne Duncan, Renaissance 2010, Chicago Schools Closings, CPS. Chicago Public Schools, Chicago News

In his last major act before heading to Washington as President-elect Barack Obama's pick for education secretary, outgoing Chicago schools chief Arne...

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Chicago Adds More High-Level Teachers

Chicago Public Radio | Julia McEvoy | Posted 02.06.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, CPS Teachers, Cps, Chicago Teachers, Chicago News

A record number of nationally certified teachers are now working in Chicago Public schools. Last year, more than 320 Chicago teachers became National...

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CPS Consultant Peter Cunningham To Run Education Department Communications Under Duncan

Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn | Posted 02.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Peter Cunningham Education Department, Arne Duncan, Peter Cunningham, Chicago News

Education secretary designate, Arne Duncan, CEO of the Chicago Public Schools, has named his strategic consultant and sometime spokesman Peter Cunning...

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The Hatchet Job On Linda Darling-Hammond

Gerald Bracey | Posted 02.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Educaton Reform, Secretary of Education, Linda Darling Hammond, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, Education Wars, Election Results, Media Bias, Obama's Cabinet, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

That huge sucking sound you hear is Republicans trying to control their laughter. The two groups duking it out over education are largely within the Democratic Party.

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Obama and Education Reform

Bill Ayers | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Arne Duncan Education Secretary, Politics, Education, Linda Darling-Hammond, Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan Barack Obama, Rod Paige, Schools, Teachers, Education Reform, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bill Ayers

Obama is not a monarch -- Arne Duncan is not education czar -- and we are not his subjects. Educators, students, and citizens must press now for an education worthy of a democracy.

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