Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Most teachers still say they love teaching though they wouldn't mind a little more respect for their challenging work and a little… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
To be clear, we the Department of Education want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Other countries have outeducated us. They have made this a priority. And a big part of what I'm trying to do, frankly,… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
If children are hungry, they need to be fed. It's hard to learn if your stomach is growling. We need to take… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
We need to invest in very different ways. Get the students the support they need, get them the best principals, get them… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
My vision is that schools need to be community centers. Schools need to be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day six,… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy.… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
If the goal is to dramatically improve college completion rates, not college-going rates by itself but college completion, it's not just a… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
This is a devastating problem, is, the longer our children are in school, the worse they do. Year after year after year,… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina, — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education. — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality,… — Arne Duncan Copy Share Image
I just think we can't do enough of this [student exchanges]... And when you get young children traveling internationally, I think they come back… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
Other countries haves passed us by. They're outworking us. They're outcompeting us. We have got to wake up and we have got to start… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college.… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P.… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives. — Arne Duncan Copy Share
We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
Historically the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough to drive the sustainability movement, and today, I promise that we will be a committed… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge… — Arne Duncan Copy Share
