EMM News Explorer: Arne Duncan

[ said]: Rather than dictating educational decisions from Washington, we want state and local educators to decide how to best meet the individual needs of students,

Whitehouse 09-FEB-12

[-maintained this week that]: sweeping authority to handpick winners and losers.

newschannel5 09-FEB-12

[-maintained this week that]: This notion that Congress is sort of an impediment to be bypassed, I find very, very troubling in many, many ways.

newschannel5 09-FEB-12

[-said]: Do we want kids walking around with 50-pound backpacks and every book in those backpacks costing 50, 60, 70 dollars and many of them being out of date? Or, do we want students walking around with a mobile device that has much more content than was even imaginable a couple years ago and can be constantly updated? I think it's a very simple choice,

newschannel5 01-FEB-12

[-said]: Historically, we’ve funded universities whether or not they’ve done a good job of graduating people, whether or not they’ve done a good job of keeping down tuition,

washtimes 27-JAN-12

[-said]: Historically, we've funded universities whether or not they've done a good job of graduating people, whether or not they've done a good job of keeping down tuition,

AP 27-JAN-12

[-says]: This is a national conversation — they’re still a lot of hard work ahead of us,

news 18-JAN-12

[-said]: These twelve states created aggressive plans that set a high bar for reform, setting out to accomplish extraordinarily tough work that comes with its share of challenges,

newschannel5 10-JAN-12

[-said]: We're going to look for some pretty significant improvements early in the new year,

usaToday 23-DEC-11

[-said]: If we don't see things turning around, we have some tough decisions to make,

HonululuAdvertiser 23-DEC-11

[-said]: We've had broken teacher-evaluation systems in many places, unfortunately for five, or six or seven decades,

usaToday 23-DEC-11

[-said]: Whether it's 50%, 80% or 100% of schools being incorrectly labeled as failing, one thing is clear: No Child Left Behind is broken,

usaToday 16-DEC-11

[-said]: Whether it's 50 percent, 80 percent or 100 percent of schools being incorrectly labeled as failing, one thing is clear: No Child Left Behind is broken,

ABCnews 15-DEC-11

[-said]: The net result is this: in far too many places, Title One money is filling budget gaps rather than closing achievement gaps,

reuters 01-DEC-11

[-said]: Educators, parents, policymakers all understand that low- income students need extra support and resources to succeed,

reuters 01-DEC-11

[-told]: She cared so much about children and she fought so hard to give them opportunities, children that other folks might have given up on,

newschannel5 28-NOV-11

[saying:]: education is the number one factor in our future prosperity, it's the number one factor in national security and it's the number one factor in these young people having a decent future.

cnn 22-NOV-11

[-said]: I think young people today are smart and savvy, their parents are smart, they want to get a good education, they want to get value for their money,

upi 15-NOV-11

[-said]: If these allegations of sexual abuse are true then this is a horrible tragedy for those young boys,

msnbc 10-NOV-11

[-said]: I'm thrilled that folks are starting to work in a bipartisan way and maybe it's about the only issue in Washington that folks are working on in a bipartisan way,

news 09-NOV-11

[-said]: You're giving the abuser more opportunities to hurt more kids. I just can't fathom that.

news 07-NOV-11

[-said]: If a blind eye was turned towards it, or if the allegations were somewhat buried or not taken seriously, well, you're actually perpetuating the problem,

news 07-NOV-11

[-said]: They are either going to be taxpayers and productive citizens and entrepreneurs and innovators or they are going to be on the sidelines and a drag on the economy,

news 07-NOV-11

[-tells]: extraordinarily angry.

news 07-NOV-11

[ said]: It's clear that achievement is not accelerating fast enough for our nation's children to compete in the knowledge economy of the 21st Century,

cnn 01-NOV-11

[-said]: We’re seeing folks who somehow seem a little different from the norm bearing the brunt,

arabtimes 30-OCT-11

[-said]: These are real savings that will help these graduates get started in their careers and help them make ends meet,

AP 26-OCT-11

[-said]: I don't have any specific answer, but I'd love to continue the conversation, see if there's some flexibility,

npr 25-OCT-11

[-said]: We’re trying to prevent those additional [280,000 possible] layoffs and bring back some of the educators who have lost their jobs over the last few years,

news 04-OCT-11

[ said]: What if 62% of our new doctors felt unprepared to practice medicine?

wsj 01-OCT-11

[-said]: One of my highest priorities is to help ensure that Federal laws and policies support the significant reforms underway in many States and school districts and do not hinder State and local innovation aimed at increasing the quality of instruction and improving student academic achievement,

ibtimes 27-SEP-11

[-also has said that]: slow-motion educational train wreck.

AP 23-SEP-11

[-has warned that]: but he should do it in a limited way and Congress should get to work fixing No Child Left Behind so there is no need for waivers.

newschannel5 23-SEP-11

[-said]: I think we need to double salaries for teachers. We need to start them at a much higher level,

upi 10-SEP-11

[-told more]: I couldn't be more hopeful about Detroit,

upi 08-SEP-11

[-said]: Larry Powell's leadership is an absolute inspiration,

msnbc 31-AUG-11

[-said]: Far too few of their high school graduates are actually prepared to go on to college,

time 19-AUG-11

[-told]: We need more highly trained, highly skilled workers; we need to keep raising standards, raising the bar,

upi 14-AUG-11

[-said]: We have a federal law that's an impediment, that's getting in the way as a disincentive for the great work states are doing,

news 11-AUG-11

[-said]: What we do in terms of flexibility can be a bridge or transition,

news 11-AUG-11

[-says]: They raised the bar, significantly. Tennessee went from 91 percent of children proficient in math to 34 percent. That was a very tough lesson, but for the first time they are telling the truth,

npr 09-AUG-11

[-says]: We can't have a law on the books that impedes that kind of progress that stands in the way of that kind of courage,

npr 09-AUG-11

[-says]: Where folks are really doing the right thing for children, we want to give them a lot more flexibility – frankly, get out of their way and let them hit that higher bar,

npr 09-AUG-11

[-said]: No Child Left Behind, as it currently stands, is four years overdue for being rewritten,

upi 09-AUG-11

[-said]: We have to provide them with that kind of relief. We can't do it all through flexibility and through the statutory authority that Arne has, but we can provide enough relief so that we can move forward and our kids can get the kind of education that they need.

upi 09-AUG-11

[-stated]: The President understands this and he has directed us to move ahead in providing relief,

news 08-AUG-11

[-said]: The states are desperately asking for us to respond,

upi 08-AUG-11

[-said]: understands this and he has directed us to move ahead in providing relief, but only for states and districts that are prepared to address our educational challenges,

usaToday 08-AUG-11

[-said]: We hope that this is simply a transition or bridge to fixing the law,

cnn 08-AUG-11

[-said]: I can't overemphasize how loudly the outcry is to do something now,

newschannel5 08-AUG-11

[-said]: not a pass on accountability.

reuters 08-AUG-11

[ said]: Maintaining safe and supportive school climates is absolutely critical, and we are concerned about the rising rates and disparities in discipline in our nation’s schools,

7thspace 21-JUL-11

[-said]: We've been in conversation with the inspector general about these cheating scandals,

CBSnews 18-JUL-11

[said:]: Lots of places are seeing tremendous reform, are moving forward, doing great and doing it the right way, 'The saddest thing here is the Atlanta public schools were making real progress. And now that's buried in this story.

dailymail 13-JUL-11

[said that:]: at a time when local, state and federal governments are all facing tremendous budget pressure

IHT 10-JUL-11

[-said]: This unfortunate incident highlights the need for transparency and accountability throughout our education system,

cnn 07-JUL-11

[argued that:]: they have deep roots here and are loyal to our country because in any event, this is the only home they have ever known,

ibtimes 29-JUN-11

[-said]: They can be the fuel to our economic engine,

AP 29-JUN-11

[-said]: They have deep roots here and are loyal to our country because in any event, this is the only home they have ever known,

upi 29-JUN-11

[-testified that]: Removal of everyone in the country -- it's obvious those resources are not available ... We're really dealing with the young people here in this room who are no risk to public security.

reuters 29-JUN-11

[-said]: We're fighting to save the city of Detroit,

reuters 21-JUN-11

[-said]: By virtually any measure, Detroit is frankly at the bottom of the barrel,

reuters 21-JUN-11

[-has warned that]: The prospect of doing nothing is what I'm fighting against.

newschannel5 12-JUN-11

[-told]: This is absolutely plan B,

npr 12-JUN-11

[-said]: We're not going to sit here and do nothing,

upi 12-JUN-11

[-said]: We're asking companies that get up to 90 percent of their profits from taxpayer dollars to be at least 35 percent effective,

news 02-JUN-11

[ said]: For-profit institutions have done a lot to introduce important technological innovation, to increase access to higher education and to create new career opportunities for millions of Americans,

news 02-JUN-11

[-said]: These new regulations will help ensure that students at these schools are getting what they pay for: solid preparation for a good job,

news 02-JUN-11

[-said]: We feel an obligation to impose some level of accountability,

npr 02-JUN-11

[-said]: We want to dramatically move this needle, and support breakthrough work that really changes the quality of the early learning programs across America,

AP 25-MAY-11

[ said]: We all need to pitch in to make our homes and schools more energy efficient. America's Home Energy Education Challenge will teach students how science and common sense efforts can help all of us to do our part to save energy and save money as well as protect the environment,

earthtimes 25-MAY-11

[remarked:]: Not everyone is going to want to work for big business, we need to have a systemic approach for teaching youth small business and entrepreneurship and NFTE has the best program in the country.

finanznachrichten 10-MAY-11

[-said]: A disproportionate number of students going to HBCUs are first-generation college-goers,

newschannel5 27-APR-11

[-said]: Every school would like to believe it is immune from sexual violence, but the facts suggest otherwise,

newschannel5 04-APR-11

[-said]: Every school would like to believe it is immune from sexual violence but the facts suggest otherwise,

newschannel5 04-APR-11

[-said that]: These students face real and growing challenges that we have to address.

cnn 28-MAR-11

[ said]: If you can't graduate one in two of your student athletes, I just question the institutional commitment to academics,

npr 24-MAR-11

[-said]: The best jobs and fastest growing firms, whether in biosciences, technology, manufacturing, trade or entertainment, will gravitate to countries, communities and states with a highly qualified workforce. In order for America to lead the world, every governor will have to lead the way at home,

Whitehouse 22-MAR-11

[ said]: Nearly one year ago, Delaware won a Race to the Top award because it submitted an application that promised to reach into every corner of the state and had the full support of its teacher’s union,

Whitehouse 21-MAR-11

[-said]: Today, we are here to celebrate the fact that Delaware has made good on its promise and is beginning to implement changes that are transforming the state of education for children throughout the state,

upi 21-MAR-11

[-said]: Schools may give lots of tests — often too many,

usaToday 18-MAR-11

[ said]: Singapore has just done a tremendous job on everything they're doing on teacher induction, teacher development, good mentoring, good support, thinking through better evaluation systems. There are many many things that we want to take away from our partners in Singapore and we just have the greatest of respect for their work,

channelnewsasia 18-MAR-11

[-said]: The math on this is not complicated,

upi 17-MAR-11

[-said]: No one disagrees on the importance of education,

cnn 14-MAR-11

[-said]: Under the current law, it's one-size-fits-all,

cnn 14-MAR-11

[-said]: It is troubling in and of itself, but bullying is doubly dangerous because if left unattended, it can rapidly escalate into even more serious violence and abuse,

usaToday 10-MAR-11

[-told]: This law is fundamentally broken, and we need to fix it, and fix it this year,

WashingtonPost 10-MAR-11

[-says]: No Child Left Behind is broken and we need to fix it now,

latimes 09-MAR-11

[-told]: This law has created dozens of ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed. We should get out of the business of labeling schools as failures and create a new law that is fair and flexible, and focused on the schools and students most at risk,

cnn 09-MAR-11

[-said]: Our proposal will offer schools and districts much more flexibility in addressing achievement gaps, but we will impose a much tighter definition of success,

upi 09-MAR-11

[-added]: We want to invest in that next generation of tools that could help us get the much better student outcomes for ideally a fraction of the time and a fraction of the cost,

cnn 08-MAR-11

[ said]: Technology has transformed how folks do business. It's transformed how folks interact socially,

cnn 08-MAR-11

[-said]: We all have to work together,

latimes 07-MAR-11

[-told]: If layoffs are based only on seniority, that doesn't help kids,

npr 06-MAR-11

[-told]: Collective bargaining can be a tool for reform, and a tool for student achievement,

reuters 04-MAR-11

[-said]: We just want folks to take advantage of what is currently available to them,

cnn 04-MAR-11

[said:]: Layoffs should be based on a number of factors but the most important thing we can do is keep the best teachers in schools where they are needed most.

cnn 04-MAR-11

[-said]: The president working with Gov. Bush, working with leaders across the aisle, is hugely important for leading the country to where we need to go,

news 02-MAR-11

[-told]: In my view, this is a good problem. It's actually a great problem for our country to have. We desperately need more young people going to college. And with the economy, they desperately need our help,

cnn 02-MAR-11

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