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
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
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
Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things. — 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
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
It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from, sort of, white suburban moms who - all of a… — 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
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
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 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
