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 ...

What if no children went to school until gun laws changed to keep them safe? Arne Duncan, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools and past education secretary in the Obama administration, tweeted that ...

The answer to the headline’s question — Did Arne Duncan Really Say, “Testing Is Sucking The Oxygen Out Of The Room”? — is no, he didn’t really say that. What he really said was, “I believe testing ...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan is pitching a bold proposal this afternoon at the National Press Club. The gist of it is, we can save $15 billion by finding ways other than incarceration to deal with ...

Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan told CNN's Wolf Blitzer the Trump administration has "no education goals" and that current education boss Linda McMahon isn't qualified — citing a recent blunder ...

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Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...