U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised TCC at a recent town hall event on Wednesday, January 25th. The Center for Workforce Development was lauded for preparing young people for high-tech, high-skilled and high-paying jobs, with programs in manufacturing technology, computer programming, health care education and more.
(PRWeb January 28, 2012)
Today, the Coalition for Educational Success sent a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan regarding the recently announced negotiators for the rulemaking committee establish
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Kevin Jennings is the latest target for critics of the Obama administration. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is calling for his resignation from the Department of Education. So is Sean Hannity. Fox News has accused him of condoning “statuatory rape.” The facts? They don’t necessarily match the accusations. Jennings is gay. He’s also an expert in school bullying. Education Secretary Arne Duncan tapped him to run the Department’s Office of Safe and Drug Free S
When I first heard rumblings about a possible move towards national K-12 education standards (made by Education Secretary Arne Duncan and AFT President Randi Weingarten), I was definitely in favor of the idea. The Fordham Institute had just released a study demonstrating the tremendous variance in academic standards between states, and I couldn’t believe that a student who, for example, got a top score on a standardized test in one state might not even be able to pass the equivalent test g
