President Obama says schools should stop "teaching to the test," but that's what his own Department of Education supports. As a 17-year-old high school student, I’m both a No Child Left Behind and a ...

Arne Duncan, the Secretary of Education for all eight years of the Obama presidency, is well-known for his hoops ability. He played college ball at Harvard, serving as co-captain of the team, before ...

When I first began to read reports that Barack Obama was close to Chicago School Superintendant Arne Duncan, and later that Obama was considering Duncan for Secretary of Education, I felt as though I ...

Former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says Chicago’s struggle with gun violence is personal. As CEO of Chicago Public Schools Duncan had to visit many parents of students who were shot dead.

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 willingness to plunge ...

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 ...

Will Covid closures lead to an overhaul of public school systems? By Jay Caspian Kang In 1983-84, Georgetown won the N.C.A.A. title, Michael Jordan was player of the year … and Harvard shot 82.2 ...

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 ...