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...student Kendra L. Krause said she was not concerned that Duncan??€™s agenda could short-change non-academic disciplines...
...criticism pointed directly at Secretary Duncan??€™s earlier speech, Duncan-Andrade said that until basic human needs are met in underprivileged neighborhoods, the achievement gap will never be closed...
...Upon returning to Harvard the following fall, Duncan made the Varsity team and would eventually rise to become captain of the squad. Frank Mclaughlin, head basketball coach at the time, remembers Duncan??€™s ability to inspire his teammates. “He’s somebody, if you were a coach, you would definitely want on your team because the way he played made everybody else better...
...After Harvard, Duncan played professional basketball in Australia for four years. Though he never hit it big in the NBA as he had originally hoped, basketball nonetheless paved the way for Duncan??€™s later career. In 1981, John Rogers Jr., CEO of Ariel Capital Management and a former teammate of Duncan??€™s in a Chicago three-on-three basketball league, offered Duncan a job managing Ariel Community Academy, a charter school funded by the business. From there, Duncan went on to manage the Chicago city parks. He was eventually tapped to run CPS by Paul...
...basketball remains a part of Duncan??€™s life. He continues to play in three-on-three tournaments, and has shared a court with Obama. Now, as Duncan steps into his new role as Secretary of Education, he brings with him the leadership skills that proved equally effective on the court at Harvard and in one of the nation’s largest school systems...