Arne Duncan News

Ed. Secretary: States to get school test waivers

By theGrio

8:52 AM on 08/08/2011

(AP) - Arne Duncan says he will announce a new waiver system Monday to give schools a break from student testing mandate in the federal No Child Left Behind law...
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Duncan: Feds 'looking at' cheating in Atlanta

By theGrio

3:05 PM on 07/19/2011

ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he has been in contact with the department's independent investigative arm about test cheating scandals...
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Education secretary calls for NCAA tourney reform

By theGrio

4:33 PM on 03/17/2011

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - White players show a 91 percent graduation rate, which is up 7 percent. Black players have a graduation rate at 59 percent, up 3 percent from last year's study...
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Teachers of color remain a minority in US classrooms

By Vanessa Hauc

8:07 AM on 03/02/2011

TELEMUNDO - Arne Duncan believes that these figures could be key in figuring out the reasons behind the high drop-out rates in Hispanic and black communities...
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Education secretary to theGrio: 'I want our educators to look like our students'

By Jeff Johnson

12:03 PM on 02/17/2011

theGRIO VIDEO - If anyone is waiting on Superman, it may be the president...
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Spike Lee urges more black men to become teachers

By theGrio

4:57 PM on 01/31/2011

ATLANTA (AP) - "Everybody can't be a business major," Lee told the auditorium packed with male high school and college students...
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Al Sharpton to launch Sunday AM education show

By theGrio

2:42 PM on 09/14/2010

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - Sharpton will unveil his 30-minute show, "Education Superhighway," Thursday morning at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's 40th Annual Legislative Conference...
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America needs more college grads: How HBCUs can help

By Johnny C. Taylor & Dr. Michael Lomax

12:13 PM on 08/25/2010

OPINION - We believe federal investment in these kinds of programs could result in 18,000 additional college graduates a year within a decade...
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Education reform is a test America must pass

By Edward Wyckoff Williams

10:25 AM on 08/11/2010

OPINION - Education is the pathway out of poverty. For too long poverty has perpetuated ignorance, which feeds discrimination and social segregation...
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Is the 'Race to the Top' rigged?

By Noel Anderson

9:08 AM on 04/09/2010

OPINION - True accountability can only emerge when states receive the funds they need to educate young people and not before it...
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African-Americans need to re-open the book on education

By Ronda Racha Penrice

8:30 AM on 03/25/2010

OPINION - Although I like to think of education as a tool for personal enrichment, the fact is most people go to college to get a job...
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Ed Secretary: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates

By theGrio

9:15 AM on 03/18/2010

Arne Duncan pushed a proposal Wednesday to bar men's college basketball teams from postseason play if they fail to graduate 40 percent of their players...
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Secretary of Education pledges to promote equality in schools

By theGrio

9:48 AM on 03/09/2010

SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything...
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Duncan will pressure schools to enforce civil rights laws

By theGrio

9:46 AM on 03/08/2010

Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to announce Monday that his agency is ramping up enforcement of civil rights laws in schools and colleges, a move that seeks to draw a contrast with the policies of his Republican predecessors...
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Rhode Island teacher firing exposes sorry state of our schools

By Dr. Boyce Watkins

8:15 AM on 03/02/2010

OPINION - You don't have to go to college to know that America's educational system is as embarrassing as our bloated, expensive health care system...
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Black male teachers absent from America's classrooms (VIDEO)

By Todd Johnson

6:51 AM on 10/22/2009

theGRIO VIDEO - Sometimes, it takes a student to school the teacher. And this is what happened to sixth-grade teacher Robbie Curry last week...
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Holder and Duncan speak on teen violence

By theGrio

1:56 PM on 10/08/2009

VIDEO - President Obama sent U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Chicago...
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Obama sends Holder and Duncan to Chicago to discuss youth violence

By theGrio

4:29 PM on 10/07/2009

VIDEO - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan pledged federal support on Wednesday to fight a surge in youth violence in Chicago and other cities...
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Dr. King honored on 46th anniversary of March on Washington

By theGrio

6:09 PM on 08/25/2009

Politicians, business leaders, and educators gathered at the national mall in Washington, DC to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. and the 46th anniversary of the march on Washington... The celebration was held earlier today on the future site of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
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