“The factory model of education is the wrong model for the 21st century. Today, our schools must prepare all students for college and careers-and do far more to personalize instruction and employ the smart use of technology.” UseTodaySchoolCareersTechnologyCenturyStudentsCollegeModelsSmartInstructionFactories21st CenturyUse Of Technology Author:Arne Duncan
“Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things.” SchoolTogetherUnionsWorking TogetherInnovative Author:Arne Duncan
“If the goal is to dramatically improve college completion rates, not college-going rates by itself but college completion, it's not just a college problem. We need a big focus on early childhood education. Our early childhood education system is pretty good in this country. Not enough students have opportunity. And, very discouragingly, they lose their advantage because they go to poor schools after that. So, let's focus on our babies.” CountryEnoughProblemSchoolOpportunityGoalPoorFocusChildhoodStudentsCollegeBabyRateEducation SystemCompletionEarly Childhood Author:Arne Duncan
“We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge amount of progress. Let's continue that.” SchoolEffortTeacherProgressFailingGreat Teacher Author:Arne Duncan
“What you see around the world is that poverty is not destiny. In other countries, much more systemically, student after student, school after school, year after year, educate poor and disadvantaged young people. And, so, anyone who says that you can't overcome these battles is a huge part of the problem.” PeopleWorldCountryProblemSchoolPoorPovertyDestinyStudentsBattleOvercomingEducateAfter School Author:Arne Duncan
“We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy. Children in India and China are going to school 25, 30, 35 more days a year. They're just working harder than us. So, we need more time, particularly for disadvantaged children, who aren't getting those supports at home.” ChildrenHomeSchoolSupportEconomyMy Children Author:Arne Duncan
“My vision is that schools need to be community centers. Schools need to be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day six, seven days a week, 12 months out of the year, with a whole host of activities, particularly in disadvantaged communities.” SchoolCommunityHoursVisionWeekSevenHost Author:Arne Duncan
“When schools truly become centers of the community, where you have extraordinary teachers, the best teachers, the best principals, great nonprofit partners coming in during the non-school hours to support and do enrichment activities, social services, then those students will beat the odds, will beat poverty, will beat violence in the community, will beat sometimes dysfunctional families, and be productive citizens long term. They will go to college.” LongSometimesSchoolTermCommunityHoursPovertySupportTeacherViolenceStudentsCollegeExtraordinaryLong TermProductiveBest TeacherDysfunctional FamilySocial ServiceEnrichment Author:Arne Duncan
“This is a devastating problem, is, the longer our children are in school, the worse they do. Year after year after year, our children in America are falling further behind. Our 3- and 4-year-olds enter kindergarten OK, and they fall further and further behind. Each year, children in other countries are learning more than children in this country. And so the gap between American student performance in Singapore and Finland and South Korea and Canada and these other countries, the gap widens year after year after year.” ChildrenCountryProblemSchoolFallStudentsOur ChildrenKindergarten Author:Arne Duncan
“It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from sort of white suburban moms who, all of a sudden, their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, their schools aren't quite as good as they thought they were. And that's pretty scary.” ChildrenSchoolWhiteMomScaryBrilliantFascinating Author:Arne Duncan
“Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years.” YearsSchoolTeacherClassroomMentorFeedbackMentoring Author:Arne Duncan
“Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.” ChildrenShowsActionSchoolValuesFatherParentCommunityStudentsInvolvedResearchEngagedMentorTutor Author:Arne Duncan
“About two-thirds of bachelor's degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they're graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.” TwoSchoolDegreesThirdsAverageDebtGraduatesBachelors Author:Arne Duncan
“We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive.” PlayDreamSchoolParentPresidentClassRolesAliveMiddleStudentsCollegeCongressMiddle ClassAffordable Author:Arne Duncan
“Whether it's in an inner-city school or a rural community, I want those students to have a chance to take A.P. biology and A.P. physics and marine biology.” WantSchoolCommunityChanceCitiesStudentsPhysicsBiologyMarineInner CityMarine BiologyRural CommunitiesInner City Schools Author:Arne Duncan
