Education

Education Secretary Arne Duncan Slams Texas School System for No Apparent Reason

Arne Duncan Rick Perry Texas School SystemWhy is Secretary of Education Arne Duncan down on the Texas school system, and more pointedly, Rick Perry — especially when Texas students reportedly scored right around the national averages in reading and math on the National Assessment of Educational Progress? That is the question being asked by Time’s Andrew Rotherman.

Time also points out that an August report released by the group that administers the ACT college-admissions exam, reveals Texas high school graduates barely trail the national averages for college readiness.

It is for this reason Time‘s Rotherman found Duncan’s revelation on Bloomberg Television that the Texas school system “has really struggled” under Rick Perry, to be particularly odd. During the interview Duncan stated that “far too few of their [Texas'] high school graduates are actually prepared to go on to college,“ and added that he feels ”very, very badly for the children” in Texas.

Really?

That’s when Rotherman decided to probe Duncan, who, ironically, is the former head of the Chicago school system.

“Texas has challenges. The record speaks for itself. Lots of other states have challenges too. But there is a lot of hard work that needs to be done in Texas and a lot of children who need a chance to get a great education” Duncan stated.

But what record? The record that shows students in Texas perform better than those in Illinois?  Time pointed out to Duncan that NAEP revealed Texas’ fourth- and eighth-graders greatly outperformed their peers in Chicago in reading and math.

“I would have to look at all the details, but there are real challenges in Texas. And like every other state, they should be addressed openly and honestly as in Illinois, as in Chicago, and everywhere else” was Duncan’s only reply. Time adds:

True, the national averages aren’t great, but Texas is right there with the pack. So why is Duncan dissing the Lone Star State? Its minority students outperform minority students in Chicago, albeit by smaller margins. And with a high school graduation rate of about 73%, Texas may be slightly below the national average, but it’s doing a lot better than Chicago, which only graduates about 56% of its students.

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But the bottom line is that although schools in Texas are no great shakes, they‘re hardly the nation’s worst.

The timing of Duncan’s unsubstantiated accusation seems a bit too convenient. Perhaps administration officals are putting 2012 political aspirations before the truth where it comes to our nation’s students.

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  • ares338
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:02am

    Oh come on now. It’s really apparent why has slammed Texas schools. Rick Perry. Got it now?

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  • JQCitizen
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:01am

    This is laughable!! This is Obama’s loyal servant speaking. Consider the source.

    And his statement is very vague. I bet he didn’t even know specifics! Why would he bother; he has more important things to do, like making sure children learn to chant, “Barak Husein Obama! Mmm, Mmm, Mmm!!!”

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    • foobear
      Posted on August 22, 2011 at 4:45am

      It’s because the question came out of nowhere – the reporter was obviously baiting Duncan into attacking Perry.

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  • momsense
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:01am

    Maybe he;s pissed because you aren’t teaching the sociological crap and the excuse making psychobabble that Regressives rely upon so heavily to justify their asinine agendas.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:19am

      .
      No reason? No Reason?
      Let me explain.
      Arne Duncan came from Chicago.
      Obama came from Chicago.
      Obama is running for re-election.
      Some guy from Texas is running against him.
      It’s the Chicago way.
      Remember Al Capone?
      Any questions?

      This has nothing to do with school or anything other than sending the forces out to destroy your enemies.
      It’s what a dictator does.

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    • Jamestownrd
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:22am

      DAMM you Texas…fot treating illegals like illegals, and damm you for teaching the truth about creationism…the chimpanzee’s relatives aka democraps really hate that..

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    • LadyGOP
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:58am

      He knows he wont be able to nationalize education if Perry is elected. The federal takeover will be over.

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    • Hickory
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:28am

      Face it. Obama is at war with Texas. They refuse to kiss his ring or er, ah his butt and he hates them for it. He enforces tribal law where the head chief is total law. Now, back to your mud huts and make some rocket parts to sell to China. Michelle needs a new airplane and you lowly serfs need to get it for her. Remember, I am the chosen one and you are not……………….

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:36am

      Right! We teach ‘readin’, ‘riting, and ‘rithmitick; not socilaist indoctrination. Especially, history; we don’t teach revisionist version of the Mexican war in 1847-48!!

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    • Thomas
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:50am

      Now we know that this guy needs to leave his position because he is about politics rather than education. The very fact that he picked Perry to attack shows what this guy is really about. I want him removed from his office.

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    • VERYCONCERNEDCHRISTIANPATRIOT
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:51am

      It is all about the 2012 election, it didn’t matter before Perry got in the race that Texas is ranked 40th out of the 50 states in High School graduation rates. So yes it is definitely very hypocritical of the Obama administration and you know the President ordered this attack.

      I am far from a Rick Perry fan but it is Obama who must be defeated. Hopefully Mitt Romney becomes the nominee as he is the most electable and really the only adult in the room out of everyone running.

      Source for Texas ranked 40th in High School Graduation rates:
      http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cr_baeo_t2.htm

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    • 1bambam
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:59am

      We never knew him as a radical leftist because this guy obviously was a fast learner…. at least he knew at a young age that he had to……..”Drop the radical pose for the radical ends.”

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:04am

      Has anyone questioned the fact that the test may be baised against Liberty lovers and students who are accustomed to freedom? Maybe Arne the Carney wrote the koolaid test himself. This may be a badge of honor to do worse on propoganda.

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    • NOKOOLAIDDRINKER
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:09am

      Another stink’n reason we need to do away with the Dept. of REEDUCATION –oops I mean Education.

      Chicago politics as usual!!!

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    • sWampy
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:11am

      Name calling and lies, typical liberal reaction. What is it about you guys you always describe your actions as the actions of other.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:48am

      Has anyone taken into account the very high number of Spanish speaking Mexicans that have infiltrated the southern states’ public schools, thereby dropping the score averages down?
      Remove them and Texas is ABOVE the national averages.

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    • RESTOREVALUES
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:53am

      This election cycle will be very contentious and volatile. Every credible candidate will be attacked from every angle. They will explore every niche in the armor of anyone thought to be a viable threat to Obama. Stand strong

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    • marjorie faye
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:57am

      Secret Squirrel, you are exactly right. They are scared to death of Rick Perry and have already begun trying to destroy him before he barely gets started. You are going to see liberals all over various forums bringing up false garbage about Texas and about Perry. We need to be armed with the facts.

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    • marjorie faye
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 10:58am

      Jamestownrd,
      Your comment is disgustingly racist. I suspect you’re actually a liberal troll trying to make conservatives look bad. Get lost. We don’t need your tripe here.

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    • Roberto G. Vasquez
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:14am

      Down here on the Texas/Mexico border the schools are fantastic. The problem is that thousands of Mexican children cross the border daily to attend Texas schools. This is due to the fact that the schools here don’t really screen the kids to make sure they are Texas residents. So we are having to pay taxes for the education of many thousands of Mexican citizens, many of whom can’t speak or understand English correctly. The problem isn’t with Rick Perry, it’s with school administrators and their “don’t ask, don’t tell” enrollment policies of Mexican nationals.

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    • sWampy
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:17am

      Telling people to shut up is very asinine, you silence those that you don’t agree with through name calling intimidation, etc, you end up with out right race wars. The liberals did this in the past, and make the blacks bold, because they believed the whites should actually bend over and take it, the blacks attacked and murdered whites in the 60′s, just like they did in the last few weeks in the UK.

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    • Sheepdog911
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 12:05pm

      Sounds like this prog POS should have studied up before opening his mouth to spew Obama’s drivel.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 12:18pm

      That sounds about right to me, @Momsense. Drop these indoctrinating classes: Sociology for the racist agenda, Humanities for the Marxist agenda, Psychology for the (criminal is the victim) agenda, revised American History for the (regressive) Progressive agenda. Then teach both creationism and evolution theories allowing the child to choose for himself and you have an angry Liberal educator.
      Teach real American and world history and psychology with no agenda and Economics and you’ll raise Conservatives and Libertarians.
      The Liberals altered true history, dropped economics and are trying to drop American history in a lot of schools. Sociology’s only purpose seems to be indoctrinating kids into believing that wealthy are evil, the white are privileged, and that the poor, the colored and women are victims of society and are therefore owed something for the suffering that happened in the past.

      When I was younger, I loaded trucks. A black man from Egypt tried to sue the company. A lawyer called and asked me, “Did they make John Smith use the back door?”
      I said, “Yes, but they made all truck loaders and warehouse personnel use the backdoor.” He hung up on me; I guess that’s not what he wanted to hear.
      My point? What company would want to hire blacks if they keep trying to sue for false racist claims? The laws mandating minorities have extra privileges are working against them. Companies will seek to avoid being sued of course. Unintended consequences

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    • Sicboy
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:08pm

      Moved from Cali to Texas for the school system. Nothing else needs to be said. Oh, it’s fricken hot here. Just thought you might like to know.

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    • Howshopeychangeyworking4you
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:30pm

      The reason is he’s just a hitman hack for the present administration.

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    • michael48
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:32pm

      indoctrination rather than Education…it’s the COMRADE“OBLAMO” way….can’t differ with the “LUSH in CHARGE”…right…????

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    • becker88
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 1:47pm

      Because it is wrong what they are teaching.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • mils
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Of course WE K NOW WHY!!!!..
      ..Perry is a presidential candidate and could win against Hussein Obama~~~

      There will be hundreds of crappy things thrown out about anything, anything, that concerns
      Texas and Perry…
      IT’S THE UNDERHANDED CHICAGO WAY!
      ANYTHING TO WIN AND DESTROY OUR COUNTRY IS WHAT HUSSEIN OBAMA WILL DO~

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    • vehoae
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:43pm

      You hit the nail on the head!

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    • JLGunner
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 4:37pm

      @ secret You are so right and the sad thing is that it is so obviouse. We the people see every stupid move barack makes and call him on it. He’s got to go.

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    • kralspaces
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:20pm

      Just purge the Federal Department of Education and let the states take care of our children’s public education. That would take care of Mr. Duncan’s concern about Texas schools.

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    • Liberty 4x4
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 9:43pm

      Secret Squirrel – Best observation!!!

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:10am

      He doesn’t have to work hard to trash Perry. Perry is a Nationalist Progressive just like George Bush. Forget Parental Rights, Government Funds for certain companies, cronyism.

      Don’t forget it was Bush to pushed the lightbulb ban. He was happy to sign the bill into law. These guys don’t mind telling us all how to live our lives. We have to be vigilent. Just because Perry comes out with a swagger means nothing. Tea Party Conservatives in TX really don’t like the man. I don’t either.

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    • JJ Coolay
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 1:57am

      Good for you Jaycen… vote for anyone else and you will be giving Obama another 4 years.

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    • nptden
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 2:11am

      He’s probably really mad that it is in Texas that Socialist/Commie books are kept out of the educational system. It‘s frustrating for the progressive commies to not get their way in ’transforming’ history.

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    • Ray2447
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 4:51am

      Momsense hit the nail on the head. The Ed. Dept. is angry, because Texas is not allowing schools, colleges and universities to indoctrinate kids into the Socialist agenda. Instructors in California routinely use their podiums to push their Marxist politics onto students, while on the taxpayers dime. It’s pervasive and disgusting. I came home so upset one day, after being doused in that vile propaganda, that I made a video, “Marxist Valley College” and posted on Youtube for all the world to see. It’ll never win an academy award, but it is the truth and I feel better for telling it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iVmh0VCkL4

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    • weeblewacker1
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 12:19pm

      duh,maybe it is because of there drop-out rate,there ridicules low test scores, texas is among the lowest scoring states in the nation in all areas!!! go check for your self’s,its not hard.unless you got a texas edumacation.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:37pm

      More likely furious that the Tx school board has instituted teaching the theory of Creation alongside the theory of evolution, and he’s afraid some other states might follow their example.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 9:54pm

      @Jamestownrd
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:25am
      FYI.
      Jesus said The light does not fellowship.with darkness…to a negroe thats racist..to intelligent life forms …it gives directions …stop dealing with negroes
      ***
      Why don’t you take your racist crap to a white supremist website? Here we believe that All men are created equal, it’s just that the lsm tends to glorify the blacks that fit their stereotypes and so the idiots are the ones who get the most press in politics. Jesus said “suffer the little children to come unto me.” He didn’t say, “White kids gather around, other races, go find someone of your own kind!”
      He also said that “God so loved the world that world that He gave His only begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER believeth in Him, should not perish, but have Everlasting Life!” No saying any one race, (Or even nationality) but a clear {Fill in the blank with your name} word like Whosoever!
      His terms of “Light” and “Darkness” refer to whether someone is following God or the evil one! That’s behavior and intentional beliefs of the heart and mind! DON’T FORGET, “FATHER, FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO!!!”
      Stay away from those intentionly doing evil, but pray for them, and we’ll pray for your understanding!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:05pm

      @veryconcernedchristianpatriot
      re : I am far from a Rick Perry fan but it is Obama who must be defeated. Hopefully Mitt Romney becomes the nominee as he is the most electable and really the only adult in the room out of everyone running.
      ****
      By only adult you mean the one who’s been “civilized” so that the lsm will almost accept him as a candidate maybe! The truth is that many of the candidates on our side are very “adult” in that they know how to balance a checkbook, and realize that you don’t write a check to cover a bounced check, or in the case of this administration, “YOU DON’T ORDER MORE CHECKS WITH THE WORDS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE US PRINTED MORE OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THE OLD ONES ALL BOUNCED AND YOU NEED TO KEEP WRITING MORE AND MORE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE!
      Let’s face it, running against this administration,ALL THE REPUBS ARE ELECTABLE, IT’S JUST THAT SOME MIGHT BE EASIER TO PULL THE LEVER FOR THAN OTHERS! Some are less scarey, others we love! I’d still love to see PALIN / BACHMANN 2012

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:18pm

      @Roberto G. Vasquez
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:14am
      Down here on the Texas/Mexico border the schools are fantastic. The problem is that thousands of Mexican children cross the border daily to attend Texas schools. This is due to the fact that the schools here don’t really screen the kids to make sure they are Texas residents
      ****
      A close friend’s son got his education degree at Ohio State, and was hired by a major TX school district to teach. I corresponded with him the year he lived in Houston, he started out excited, but in a short time disappointed. His class constantly changed with many students constantly moving. He spoke fluent Spanish, but said his elementary kids seldom stayed long enough to learn their names. He was responsible for putting hundreds of kids on the proper buses each afternoon and said the list was never the same 2 days in a row. By Christmas vacation, he was counting the days till the school year was over and praying somehow, one of his students who did stay a short time would actually learn something from his classes. This was over 10 yrs ago, so I don’t know if things have changed but for TX to do 40th out of 50, you must have some really awesome teachers somewhere!

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  • HowardSternIsABigot
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:57am

    Knowing how the education system has systematically caused racist failure by blacks, and the comooonity has demanded over and over that schools for blacks be improved, at least the last 30 years, over and over, better schools, blah blah blah..
    Why hasnt the determionation of the black students, furiously fighting for the mysterious education denied their parents, resulted in some degree of success over the last 4 generations. I mean people so motivated to achieve the learning thing could not possibly be stopped from going to the free libraries, absorbing everything the public school can dish out. Yes that would show the haters!!!
    Whats really happening?

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    • Jamestownrd
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:28am

      Poor black man excuse..keep em coming..or learn how to pull your pants up and work for a living

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    • Hula Calhoun
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 12:26pm

      It’s ironic that illiteracy among blacks is so prevalent these days. In the days of slavery it was illegal to teach slaves to read. Now they have access to education and some of them still can’t read.

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    • mils
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:27pm

      WHAT’S HAPPENING???? I think one word defines the whole black thing….LAZY

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    • BSdetector
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 5:13pm

      It’s not entirely laziness… The Democrat Slavers are intentionally keeping their voting bloc dumbed down to secure their own hold on power.
      If Black people as a whole ever broke out of their “shackles” of miseducation and dependance on the State, they would throw their Democrat overlords out on their asses and never look back.

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:33pm

      @mils
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 2:27pm
      WHAT’S HAPPENING???? I think one word defines the whole black thing….LAZY
      ***
      May I counter with 2 names: CLARENCE THOMAS, and CONDOLEEZA RICE?
      Many of our best OH Dr’s are black and extremely well educated. Kenneth Blackwell, and Herman Cain come right in there too! It’s just that the press makes the lazy ones into roll models for kids, and we all know what they did to both Thomas and Rice!!!

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  • HowardSternIsABigot
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:50am

    Hes reading from Obamas little red book. thats all.

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  • blue_sky
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:49am

    Rick Perry will be “taken care of” by Bank of America. Looks like the guy is for sale.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6kDIM9rUEA

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    • mikester8888
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:13am

      For sale? What did he do other than to not EVEN respond. If that had been your “boy” or better yet you “dogg” hell he would have been offering some grants or some welfare programs to the guy right on the spot

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    • lureynolds1423
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 8:26am

      Go check out the top contributors to the Obama Campaign last election. Goldman Sachs, Citicorp, JP Morgan Chase are in the top ten. Does that mean Obama is “for sale”. Perry barely acknowledged this guy. Much ado about nothing…

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:43am

      Barry’s Not for Sale

      He’s Bought and Paid For.

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  • heavyduty
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:46am

    All the Left can do is distort the facts, and just out right lie about the rest of it. Because nothing they have tried has worked so far. Don’t you just love the people that always tell you that your doing it wrong. But never give any advice on how they would do it. The whole education system is broken for the most part and throwing more money at the problem is not going to fix it.

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    • neverending
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:01am

      And the more money they throw at it the worse it gets. Race to the Top is an absolute sham and arne is pouring billions of dollars into it and I can tell you it is simply making administrators rich!

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:48pm

      re : The whole education system is broken for the most part and throwing more money at the problem is not going to fix it.
      ***
      Ever notice how much better educated on average Home Schoolers and kids from faith based private schools are. and the amount spent on them would be a mathmatical error that‘s overlooked it’s so small, to the average public school!
      I took my kids out of the public school more interested in “socializing” them and put them in a small faith based school for jr high. It didn’t have high school the yr my daughter would have been in so she went back to public school. All the guidance counselor could say was, “For her it worked very well.” She went in with testing, (so did her brother) they went from failing to testing out at the top of their classes. When she was interested in attending DeVry Institute I asked the recruiter if it hurt her chances, his reply,” Actually, we‘d rather have faith based or home schooled students because we don’t have to spend the time getting them up to our standards. They’re much better educated because their taught how to learn instead of just memorizing stuff!

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  • sandyn
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:44am

    Anyone who felt Duncan still had any credibility must have been living in cave. After his stance on sex education in our schools I quit listening to anything he had to say.

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  • Rickfromillinois
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:42am

    The administration is distorting facts if not downright lying for political reasons. Who is surprised? For this interview alone the Education Secretary should be forced to resign. Mr. Obama and his followers seem to believe that the Federal Government and taxpayer funds are for their personal use without any restraints.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:41am

    NASA scientists report that low high school graduation rates may force aliens from space, like Alf, to come and destroy earth as we’re too ignorant to survive and may contaminate the galaxy.

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  • Living In NYC
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:34am

    Hypocrisy…take a look at the Chicago Shools where Mr. Duncan came from I think the only city with worst stats and cost per student is Detroit!

    Arne you a nothing more than waterboy carrying “the word” the vacationing Prez … trying to get Rick Perry!

    Arne..typical class act we would expect from a class-less White House appointee..we all see through your transparent games!

    Living In NYC  
    • FNG
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 3:13pm

      You said it, NYC… and it’s only going to get worse.

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  • dadsrootbeer
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:29am

    Using federal departments to either go around congress with new regulations or push a radical progressive agenda is nothing new with this adminstration. Just as creating propaganda outlets and devices with taxpayer money.

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  • KusoJiJi
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:26am

    Any state which has a high spanish speaking population will have a drag on scores and graduation rates. If Texas is anything like Nevada, half the student population is hispanic and a large percentage fail to make it all the way through high school. A significant portion of the student body are children of illegal immigrant which is migratory and puts an almost impossible stress on resources. Our Secretary of Education knows this but chooses to be more comcerned about politics then he is about the children.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:48am

      I live near Dallas, and Texas probably has half it’s population that attends ESL classes. Most of the time the children speak English whereas their parents don’t. I’ve see numerous times a child interpreting at Walmart for their non-English speaking parents. My husband was a cub scout leader, and he had to have an interpreter for some of the parents. They give awards to schools who have a high minority count and still have a good performance record.

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:25am

    This lame brain does realize that he is criticizing PUBLIC school systems and making the case for vouchers, waivers, and privatization, er, right?

    That’s the problem with lying – you always get caught.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:49am

      In Garland, TX we have choice of school. If the parent wants to transport, the child can go to any school in the Garland School District. The bus will only transport if you’re more than 2 miles from your neighborhood school. They do seem to put the gifted and magnet schools in the worst neighborhoods, though.

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  • TxMadMac
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:24am

    Just another obama wh@re. When elected I’m hoping he does away with that wasteful, worthless department and let the responsibility rest on the shoulders of the states where it belongs.

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  • Fastsam
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:23am

    The group of droids follow the Nimericans dream. And no nimerican is not a misspelling. It describes the Dictator while being politically correct.

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    • HKS
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:41am

      This administration wants everyone in school so they can dumb you down to their thinking. Schools and the government are the problem. Why do people even need to go to school if they are sending all the jobs elsewhere. What will you do after they have dumbed you down with no place to go, work for the government and be humble to the king. And why do we need a department of education, looking to cut the budget? Worthless branch of government.

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  • Kevin The Elder
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:23am

    That there is only one other comment here as I write this shows just how everyday these atrocities on us by a sick administration have become. There should be outrage that a government official should be involved in such a political adventure. In another time we might have been calling for his ouster; now we have become so numbed on a daily basis by this corrupt administration that we don’t even see a story as this as a story; sadly, it’s simply the way government works.

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    • Marcobob69
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:49am

      All part of the progressive playbook, create so much BS that people eventually don’t pay attention any more so they can slip their agenda in while we were focused on something else entirely, AKA Obamacare, the FAILED stimulus, the bank bailouts, the auto bailouts, the list goes on and on of bills and programs passed or signed into law behind closed door in the middle of the night. I sure do hope these very same people that this regime counts on not paying attention will wake up in time for the 2012 election, we need “all hands on deck” to make this regime one term only.

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  • Ron_WA
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:23am

    For an Education Secretary he doesn’t seem very well schooled in his facts & statistics …

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    • Ron_WA
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:33am

      Kind of reminds me of last week when Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, stating that having all these people on Food Stamps is good for the economy & is a job creator …

      or when Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that unemployment checks create jobs –

      where does he finds these bozos???

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    • SFYMP
      Posted on August 20, 2011 at 11:14am

      Being a bozo is a requirement for obots.

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:23am

    He probably feels bad for us because our black kids don’t do flash mobs and kill people.

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  • USAqh
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:21am

    Every czar and every federal department will be out to ‘get Perry’ before long … Just remember folks, it’s your money that is being spent to keep the power with BHO and his cronies …

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  • Swancman
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:19am

    The whole public school system is screwed up! Get the fed out of education and give it back to the states like its supposed to be!!! “Government is not the solution, government is the problem!” Ronald Reagan.

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  • tedgeri
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:16am

    Because of his outrageous lies, Duncan did himself alot of harm. Now we know he can’t be trusted either

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  • silentme63
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:13am

    dems are attacking Perry its clear we should know their tricks by now.

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  • 4truth2all
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:13am

    Just another reason to vote out Obama!

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  • GaryInTheMiddle
    Posted on August 20, 2011 at 7:11am

    Arne know he will lose his job next year and will say anything. Arne’s record has be one of total failure and on par with the rest of the Obumble administration.

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