Arne Duncan Quotes

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  • No one is mandating merit pay.

    "Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate Lackey". Interview with Jesse Hagopian, progressive.org. January 1, 2016.
  • My vision is that schools need to be community centers. Schools need to be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day six, seven days a week, 12 months out of the year, with a whole host of activities, particularly in disadvantaged communities.

  • I just think we can't do enough of this [student exchanges]... And when you get young children traveling internationally, I think they come back different people. And you can't put a price tag - you can't put a value on that.

  • Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12.

  • I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

    "Education Secretary Duncan calls Hurricane Katrina good for New Orleans schools". www.washingtonpost.com. January 30, 2010.
  • Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.

    "Teacher Pay Study Asks the Wrong Question, Ignores Facts, Insults Teachers" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.
  • At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.

  • Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things.

    "Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate Lackey". Interview with Jesse Hagopian, progressive.org. January 1, 2016.
  • Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.

    "Ask the Teachers" by Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2012.
  • About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

  • In America, your zip code or your socioeconomic status should never determine the quality of your education.

    FaceBook post by Secretary Arne Duncan from Nov 16, 2012
  • Other countries have outeducated us. They have made this a priority. And a big part of what I'm trying to do, frankly, is raise the profile of education and get America to wake up.

  • State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes.

    "Campus Protests Should Remind Us All of College’s Value" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 12, 2010.
  • I think it's my job to tell the truth.

  • The jobs of the future, as you know so well, are knowledge-based. You need college-educated folks to do this work. And so the consequences for our country are absolutely devastating if we don't start to behave in very different ways.

  • Other countries haves passed us by. They're outworking us. They're outcompeting us. We have got to wake up and we have got to start moving.

  • Historically the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough to drive the sustainability movement, and today, I promise that we will be a committed partner in the national effort to build a more environmentally literate and responsible society.

  • There was nothing more important I could do than be supportive as a dad.

    "My Most Important Job" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.
  • I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.

  • We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy. Children in India and China are going to school 25, 30, 35 more days a year. They're just working harder than us. So, we need more time, particularly for disadvantaged children, who aren't getting those supports at home.

  • Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.

    "Ask the Teachers" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2012.
  • Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

    "My Most Important Job" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.
  • Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger.

  • To be clear, we the Department of Education want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited from directing curriculum. We don't have a curriculum department.

    "Arne Duncan: Testocracy Tsar. Educational Alchemist. Corporate Lackey". Interview with Jesse Hagopian, progressive.org. January 1, 2016.
  • The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle Obama sums up, both she and the President believe 'strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our nation's leaders for tomorrow.'

  • The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

    "Campus Protests Should Remind Us All of College’s Value" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 12, 2010.
  • What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school after school, year after year, educate poor and disadvantaged young people. And, so, anyone who says that you can't overcome these battles is a huge part of the problem.

    "Interview with Education Secretary Arne Duncan". Interview with Gwen Ifill, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 7, 2010.
  • If the goal is to dramatically improve college completion rates, not college-going rates by itself but college completion, it's not just a college problem. We need a big focus on early childhood education. Our early childhood education system is pretty good in this country. Not enough students have opportunity. And, very discouragingly, they lose their advantage because they go to poor schools after that. So, let's focus on our babies.

  • States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.

    "Campus Protests Should Remind Us All of College’s Value" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 12, 2010.
  • Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.

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    Arne Duncan

    • Born: November 6, 1964
    • Occupation: United States Secretary of Education