WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will join U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, touting education reform, the department said.
SAN DIEGO, July 2 (UPI) -- Teachers at a national union meeting booed U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Thursday when he talked about merit pay but cheered him on other issues.
WASHINGTON, June 25 (UPI) -- States need to work with charter school operators to turn around struggling schools and offer students choices, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said.
WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to ask Congress for permission to streamline the application process for federal higher education aid.
WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan faces many obstacles in his drive to close and then reopen thousands of troubled schools with new staffs, experts say.
DETROIT, May 14 (UPI) -- The financial chief for the Detroit Public Schools has asked for a federal disaster declaration to allow additional money to be funneled to the system.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. educators say lessons learned in Chicago could provide a model for improving the nation's troubled public schools.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Arne Duncan is the Chicago educator and former professional basketball player President-elect Barack Obama named as his choice as education secretary.
CHICAGO, D.C., Dec. 16 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday called on Arne Duncan, a Chicago educator and fellow hoopster, to be his nominee for U.S. education secretary.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Barack Obama has found his education secretary in his backyard, Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan, an aide on the president-elect's transition team said Monday.
