Category Archives: What We Heard

Duncan and Officials Observe Mock Presentation of Innovative Teacher Mentoring and Evaluation Program at AFT Hall

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Daren Briscoe

An innovative teacher evaluation plan, developed with the participation of the teachers union in Toledo, Ohio, was the focus of the final stop on the first day of the “Education and the Economy” bus tour. Secretary Duncan paid a visit … Continue reading →

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Duncan Takes to Twitter to Answer Your Questions

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

During the past week, thousands of Twitter users submitted questions to Secretary Duncan for his first-ever #AskArne Twitter Town Hall, and the difficult task of choosing the questions for Arne fell to the event’s moderator, journalist John Merrow. Merrow monitored … Continue reading →

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A Teacher’s Agreement and Frustration at the Save Our Schools Rally

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Laurie Calvert

At the SOS rally with other teachers at the ellipse in front of the White House this weekend, I wrestled with conflicting emotions. On the one hand, signs everywhere testified to our universal frustration with the failed policies of NCLB … Continue reading →

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Inspiration Overcomes Anxiety for Future Teachers in Rural Illinois

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Julie Ewart

Why teach? “This may sound like a hippie answer, but I want to change the world,” said future teacher Joelle Schulda, when asked what drew her to education. “If I can reach just one child—who knows?—that child could grow up to … Continue reading →

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ED Wraps Up National Conversations on English Learner Education

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Rosalinda Barrera

The lack of valid and reliable assessments for English learners (EL), the loss of instructional time due to an overemphasis on testing, and the lack of English as a Second Language (ESL) teaching strategies in teacher preparation and professional development … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Things We Heard at the National Youth Summit

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Cameron Brenchley

More than 400 youth from over 30 states gathered on Feb. 26 for the National Youth Summit in Washington to discuss the issues that are most important to them. The Summit was a product of last year’s successful National Youth … Continue reading →

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Citizens Give ED High Ratings in National Survey

Posted on November 19, 2009 by pkickbush

The Department of Education was the runner up—second only to the U.S. military—in a recent Gallup survey that asked respondents to name the “government agency that is the most important to the future of the United States.” The survey, which … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: Secretary Arne Duncan Visits Anchorage

Posted on August 12, 2009 by kwinters

We had a great day in Anchorage yesterday, our first of three days in Alaska to gather input as part of the “Listening and Learning” education reform tour. Our first stop, the Alaska Native Heritage Center, was much more than … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: North Star Academy, Newark

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Todd May

Everywhere Secretary Duncan has visited on his listening tour — a Montana Indian reservation, a high school in Detroit, a middle school in West Virginia — students are saying, “Challenge me, push me, make me work, and I will do … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: Vermont Coffee House

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Tim Tuten

Two weeks ago In West Virginia, our first listening tour stop , teachers told me they would have liked to have met Secretary Duncan after school for coffee.  They said the conversation he’d started at their school could have gone … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: Detroit

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Russlynn Ali

This week we went to “ground zero” for our second stop on the listening and learning tour. We listened to a community hobbled by the decline of an industry that was once the engine of the city’s economy, a housing … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Margot Rogers

One of the most important things we can do as policymakers is stay connected with the people who will be affected by the decisions we make.  Our first listening tour stop was a powerful reminder of the value of listening … Continue reading →

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