Arne Duncan, the former U.S. Secretary of Education, was living in Chicago in the mid-1990s when he got a call from Tim Grover, the renowned NBA trainer who famously worked with legends like Michael ...

In a speech Monday at an elementary school in Washington, D.C., Education Secretary Arne Duncan laid out the president's position on the nation's largest federal education law, even as debate unfolds ...

With one-fifth of American children living in poverty, schools in the poorest economic districts are faced with a litany of problems that Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, has basically ...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is returning to Detroit, which he has called "ground zero" for public education in the United States. Duncan is expected to meet today with Michigan Gov. Rick ...

Democrats are losing the battle for control over the U.S. education system after decades of mismanagement. But they don’t intend to go down without a fight. Arne Duncan, who served as secretary of the ...

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 ...

The push for Common Core Standards has taken hits from the right and the left. True, the two sides have different problems with the standards-and-tests package, but the attacks from both sides are ...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan spelled out his priorities for a new federal education law Monday, calling on Congress to build in funding for preschool, add $1 billion annually in federal aid for ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR FALLS -- Arne Duncan will make his first visit to Iowa as U.S. Secretary of Education Friday.