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.
WASHINGTON, May 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. Education Department's $47.6 billion budget proposal reforms the nation's schools while cutting waste, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Thursday.
WASH, D.C., Feb. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says he intends to reward "islands of excellence" in education with unprecedented economic stimulus bill funding.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan promised Monday to pursue educational reforms if he is confirmed as the next U.S. education secretary.
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.
CHICAGO, May 2 (UPI) -- Chicago Schools Superintendent Arne Duncan is hailing a proposed agreement to end a 26-year-old federal court desegregation decree affecting public schools.
CHICAGO, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan says city public schools face a $328 million deficit that will lead to fewer schools, teacher cuts and class size hikes. In a speech to business leaders Monday, Duncan said increasing high school class size to more than 3
