A few prominent Democrats are waking up to a fact that parents have known for years: When it comes to education, their party ...

Former President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan flunked fellow Democrats for failing to run on improving schools — and ceding the education issue to Republicans. “We’re adrift, it’s ...

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No one hates a bad teacher more than a good teacher,” Arne Duncan remarked in 2009. No one talks as bluntly about K-12 education as President Barack Obama’s Education Secretary once did. The next ...

Former U.S. secretary of education Arne Duncan criticized Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial ordinance aimed at fining gang members and seizing their property, saying it won’t work to reduce ...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is leaving his Obama administration in December, according to a letter to staffers obtained by the Associated Press. In the letter, which was confirmed by a White House ...

Arne Duncan, the former U.S. Secretary of Education, was living in Chicago in the mid-1990s when he got a call from Tim Grover, the renowned NBA trainer who famously worked with legends like Michael ...

President Obama says schools should stop "teaching to the test," but that's what his own Department of Education supports. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles ...

Before becoming the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan served for seven years as the CEO of Chicago Public Schools. Duncan has said that education is "the most pressing issue facing America" and ...

WASHINGTON – Arne Duncan, who followed President Barack Obama to Washington to serve as his education secretary, announced Friday he will step down following a seven-year tenure marked by a ...

In this conversation recorded for Washington Post Live on March 27, renowned playwright Anna Deavere Smith and former education secretary and creator of Chicago CRED Arne Duncan discuss their new ...