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Q&A: Mentoring is essential for Chicago CRED's crime-fighting effort

7/31/2019

Chicago CRED tries to reduce violence and prevent young men from turning to crime through community outreach and mentorship, says managing partner Arne Duncan. "We have amazing guys, many of whom have been through a lot and done some things, but have come out the other side and really want to give back and help the community to be restored, and to help the community heal and thrive," Duncan says.

The Aspen Institute

3/1/2019

On March 5, the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program partners with the Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development to release Calls for Coaches, a new resource that youth sports coaches can use to promote social and emotional development in their athletes. Speakers at the event will include former US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, University of Maryland men's soccer coach Sasho Cirovski, Washington Mystics player Natasha Cloud and freelance writer Linda Flanagan (author of "How Effective Sports Coaches Help Students Feel Understood at School"). Programming is from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., with lunch available after the conclusion of the program. Please RSVP to attend in person.

Duncan, Spellings call for national leadership

5/10/2018

It is time for the US to rebuild a coalition dedicated to advancing education, assert former US secretaries of education Arne Duncan and Margaret Spellings. In this commentary, they call for national leadership dedicated to setting priorities in education.

Former Cabinet member to lead Obama Presidential Center-related nonprofit

8/30/2017

Arne Duncan, former US Secretary of Education, will chair a new nonprofit with a 25-member board created to ensure the Chicago neighborhoods near the Obama Presidential Center benefit economically from the project. "There is an an immediate opportunity now to set the tone for what inclusive development looks like in these neighborhoods," said Joanna Trotter of Chicago Community Trust, whose organization is helping fund the new nonprofit.

King, Duncan critical of refugee ban

1/31/2017

Former Education Secretary John King Jr. and his predecessor, Arne Duncan, are among those speaking against an executive order signed by President Donald Trump banning refugees admission to the US and all immigration from seven countries. This blog post shares reactions from other educators and advocates.

Obama to continue nonprofit work when term ends

1/19/2017

President Barack Obama has pledged to keep working with My Brother's Keeper after his term ends, and many top officials from his administration have assumed leadership positions at other nonprofits. For example, former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is managing partner at the Emerson Collective, former White House senior adviser Michele Jolin is CEO of Results for America and former special assistant to the president Jonathan Greenblatt is now CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

Duncan says teacher prep "lacks rigor"

10/11/2016

Arne Duncan, former US secretary of education, says teacher-preparation programs in the country need more rigor to produce educators who can properly teach students. In an open letter to leaders of colleges and teacher-training programs and posted on the Brookings Institution's website, Duncan writes that standards may be too low at some schools because of a high rate of honors graduates.

Lawmaker seeks action on Pell Grants

10/7/2016

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., is asking the US Department of Education to use a provision in the Higher Education Act to restore Pell Grant eligibility to students who attended now-defunct for-profit colleges and universities. Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan had said students could not "restore their eligibility for Pell grants."

Duncan: Public needs to be concerned with school-spending disparities

4/21/2016

Former US Education Secretary Arne Duncan this week said parents and the public must become more involved in school-spending issues to close the gap between poor and wealthy schools. Such disparities in spending are why the Department of Education is pushing for stronger school-finance regulations within the Every Student Succeeds Act, Duncan said.

Duncan: Why school-spending disparities matter

4/20/2016

Former US Education Secretary Arne Duncan this week said parents and the public must become more involved in school-spending issues to close the gap between poor and wealthy students. Such disparities in spending are why the Department of Education is pushing for stronger school-finance regulations within the Every Student Succeeds Act, Duncan said.