Arne Duncan
Leaders of the eight co-sponsoring organizations discuss their support for collaboratively transforming the teaching profession. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Education.
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Our goal with this waiver process, frankly, has always been to get out of the way of states and districts ... Stay tuned in the coming weeks. We’ll be announcing more states.
We prefer a bipartisan rewrite of No Child Left Behind
We’re still working with everybody ... These were [eight] applications that were further ahead and were absolutely ready. But this is a rolling process, and we’ll keep going. We hope to have another round of announcements in a few weeks.More quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Ambrose: Student loans fail students
Secretary Arne Duncan says student loans don't push up tuition, but of course, they do, much like housing prices were pushed up by banks giving loans to people who could not afford the mortgages. Does anyone in Washington remember how that turned out?Probably Read more »
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Editorial: Obama, speak up on gay marriage
comfortable" with gay marriage and is heartened by its growing public acceptance. One day later, Education Secretary Arne Duncan followed suit, answering "yes I do," when asked whether he believes same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. Those declarations, Read more »
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President Obama: I knew about Lin long ago
he was very aware of his fellow Harvard graduate."I knew about Jeremy before you did, or everybody else did, because Arne Duncan , my Secretary of Education, was captain of the Harvard team [in 1987]," President Obama said. "And so way back when, Arne and Read more »
Around the web
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Keeping No Child Left Behind waiver is Ohio's next challenge: editorial
no surprise that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave Ohio and seven other states a waiver Tuesday from some of the most onerous and unattainable mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act. Eleven other states have gotten waivers -- and more, if not 5:44 PM from Cleveland.com Read more »
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Eight states get waiver from No Child Left Behind
-- Another eight states are gaining flexibility from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday. The Education Department has approved waivers for Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, 1:48 PM from First Coast News - WJXX Read more »
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Ohio lands ‘No Child’ waiver; allows state to draft own school standards
hammer on school districts to ensure they adequately prepare all students for college and career. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Tuesday that Ohio was one of eight states to receive a waiver from the federal No Child Left Behind law, a controversial 10:29 AM from Dayton Daily News Read more »
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Maryland wins ‘No Child’ waiver
schools prepare every student to be proficient in math and reading by 2014 or risk escalating sanctions. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Virginia, the District and 16 other applicants can still win approval. “We’re still working with everybody,” Duncan 9:58 AM from The Washington Post Read more »
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States Drop ‘No Child Left Behind’ Standards
mandates, states can opt out of NCLB and still receive federal funds for their schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated in a conference call May 29. The requirements states must meet are to develop plans that will “prepare all students for college 12:18 AM from The Epoch Times Read more »
