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...odds for the assault weapons ban in particular before votes are scheduled or he takes his arguments on the road. Education Secretary Arnie Duncan, who has been helping push the gun control package, said he and Obama spoke on the matter Sunday...
...among Democrats on gay marriage. Besides Biden, former President Bill Clinton has expressed support and Obama's education secretary, Arne Duncan, said Monday that he backed gay marriage as well. In addition, former Vice President Dick Cheney...
...fact sheet distributed by the committee. But the bill didn't get any Democratic co-signers, which U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted in his criticism of the bill."This bill doesn't fix the real problems with (No Child Left...
...their standards lag are seeing a spike in the number of schools failing to meet the law's benchmarks. U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has warned that 82 percent of the nation's schools will be called failures next year, although some...
...and reading test scores to those of similar groups of students who took the test the year before. After U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan warned that 82 percent of the nation's schools could be labeled as failures next year, President...
...are among those that have not said they will seek a waiver, although they could still do so later. On Tuesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said states without a waiver will be held to the standards of No Child Left Behind because "it's...
...often-overlooked pre-K schooling. "Nothing is more important than getting our babies off to a good start," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Friday at the White House. The money to aid the nation's youngest learners is part of the administration's...
...support to charter schools. The Republican governor is to be commended for aligning himself with President Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan in his support of charters, but we wish he had gone further in removing the barriers that have made...
...D, to force an overhaul of how teachers are evaluated should dispel some of those doubts.Warned by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that New York's laggard efforts to reform teacher evaluations could cause it to lose hundreds of...