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...Secretary of Education Arne S. Duncan ’86 did not mince words as he discussed the shortcomings of the No Child Left Behind...
...Under No Child Left Behind, nothing changed,” Duncan said. “Everyone was labeled a failure and there were schools labeled failures that were actually improving...
Speaking at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Friday, Duncan fleshed out the Race to the Top program—a $4.35 billion initiative to close gaps in national educational achievement by taking a data-driven approach to education policy and reform...
...Duncan has been a big proponent of turnarounds since his days as head of the Chicago Public Schools. There, he shuttered 38 schools between 2001 and 2006, many of those low performing. Parents, teachers and neighborhood activists erupted in outrage with each closing, claiming that the system was giving up on their kids, disrespecting teachers and dismantling an integral part of the community. Violence flared when students from rival neighborhoods were thrown together. After a few years, Duncan switched tacks, keeping kids in their local schools but replacing teachers and staff. (See the best pictures...
...Duncan is undaunted. He often speaks of transforming the Education Department from the current lumbering bureaucracy that it is into an "engine of innovation" with the ability to try new things if there's a chance they will work. The system can't get any worse, he reckons, so why not reinvent? And as any scientist knows, it often takes many failed experiments to figure out what's going wrong, let alone find a solution...