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Arne Duncan
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Arne Duncan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 6
Basketball Player
Politician
Sociologist
Teacher
United States Secretary Of Education
Chicago
Illinois
Arne Starkey Duncan
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More quotes by Arne Duncan
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. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12.
Arne Duncan
To be clear, we the Department of Education want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited from directing curriculum. We don't have a curriculum department.
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 that on. If students can't see the blackboard, need eyeglasses, we need to do that. If students need a social worker or counselor to work through the challenges they're facing at home in the community, we need to do that.
Arne Duncan
Wherever you find something extraordinary, you’ll find the fingerprints of a great teacher.
Arne Duncan
My vision is that schools need to be community centers. Schools need to be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day six, seven days a week, 12 months out of the year, with a whole host of activities, particularly in disadvantaged communities.
Arne Duncan
City Year is taking on some of the toughest work in education.
Arne Duncan
I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight.
Arne Duncan
States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.
Arne Duncan
Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.
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 in their early years.
Arne Duncan
There's so much that we're doing wrong today. And studies show we're one of three countries that doesn't invest more in disadvantaged communities.
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
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 Recovery Act is driving change.
Arne Duncan
It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from sort of white suburban moms who, all of a sudden, their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, their schools aren't quite as good as they thought they were. And that's pretty scary.
Arne Duncan
Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger.
Arne Duncan
We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy. Children in India and China are going to school 25, 30, 35 more days a year. They're just working harder than us. So, we need more time, particularly for disadvantaged children, who aren't getting those supports at home.
Arne Duncan
Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.
Arne Duncan
The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.
Arne Duncan
When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.
Arne Duncan
