Arne Duncan

Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

— Arne Duncan

No one is mandating merit pay.

— Arne Duncan

Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback…

— Arne Duncan

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at…

— Arne Duncan

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

— Arne Duncan

Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can…

— Arne Duncan

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

— Arne Duncan

Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

— Arne Duncan

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

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

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

What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school…

— Arne Duncan

The jobs of the future, as you know so well, are knowledge-based. You need college-educated folks to do this work. And so…

— Arne Duncan

Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including…

— Arne Duncan

Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.

— Arne Duncan

Young people know how important it is for dads to be involved in their lives. As I travel the country and talk…

— Arne Duncan

We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy.…

— Arne Duncan

Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.

— Arne Duncan

I'm just absolutely convinced we have to educate our way to a better economy. That's the only way we're going to get…

— Arne Duncan

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.

— Arne Duncan

The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college…

— Arne Duncan

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

The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As…

— Arne Duncan

There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.

— Arne Duncan

I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina,

— Arne Duncan