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...After the federal government tried to yank No Child Left Behind funding in 2004 from a Chicago tutoring program, Duncan threatened to sue the U.S. Department of Education. The federal policy stated that under-performing districts, like Chicago, weren't eligible to use federal funds for tutoring programs. Duncan said the funding cut was "a slap in the face" to Chicago's neediest students. The DOE eventually relented and allowed the funding to be used as Duncan wanted...
...September 2008, Duncan launched a program in 20 Chicago schools to pay students for good grades. Straight-A students could earn up to $4,000 per year through the program, funded by private donations. (Read more about Obama and education...
...Arne has always seen education as a civil rights issue." - Phyllis Lockett, CEO of the Renaissance Schools Fund, a non-profit that works with Chicago schools, Chicago Tribune...
...this extraordinary ability to reach kids and their parents. People say he's like the Pied Piper because people just seem to follow him." - John Rogers, a longtime friend of Duncan's and funder of an inner-city mentoring program Duncan ran before going to work for the city, Chicago Tribune, June...
...furious, I'm outraged and I'm disgusted. If Arne Duncan cannot guarantee our protection, he should not have that job." - Marilyn Stewart, president of the Chicago teacher's union, after two laptops containing the names and social security numbers of 40,000 teachers were stolen from the district, Chicago Tribune, April...