“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
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college.” ArtProblemStudentsCollegeGoes OnDisciplineAchievementIncreaseGraduatesOddsBoostPerforming ArtsArt EducationMusic EducationStudent Achievement 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
“Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12.” ChildrenTodayLyingStudentsCollegeOur ChildrenHigher Education 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 invest in very different ways. Get the students the support they need, get them the best principals, get them the great teachers, and I promise you those students would do extraordinarily well. I have seen it all my life.” DifferentSupportTeacherStudentsPromiseI PromiseGreat Teacher Author:Arne Duncan
“If children are hungry, they need to be fed. It's hard to learn if your stomach is growling. We need to take that on. If students can't see the blackboard, need eyeglasses, we need to do that. If students need a social worker or counselor to work through the challenges they're facing at home in the community, we need to do that.” ChildrenHomeCommunityChallengesStudentsHungrySocial Worker 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
“The arts significantly boost student achievement, reduce discipline problems, and increase the odds students will go on to graduate from college. As First Lady Michelle Obama sums up, both she and the President believe 'strongly that arts education is essential for building innovative thinkers who will be our nation's leaders for tomorrow.'” FirstsBelieveArtProblemNationsPresidentLeaderStudentsBuildingCollegeGoes OnTomorrowDisciplineEssentialsAchievementIncreaseThinkerGraduatesOddsInnovativeCarpe DiemBoostFirst LadyCarpeArt EducationStudent Achievement Author:Arne Duncan
“I just think we can't do enough of this [student exchanges]... And when you get young children traveling internationally, I think they come back different people. And you can't put a price tag - you can't put a value on that.” PeopleThinkingChildrenDifferentEnoughYoungValuesStudyStudentsPresidentialDifferent PeoplesYoung ChildrenTagPrice TagStudy Abroad Author:Arne Duncan
“Teachers support evaluations based on multiple measures: student growth, classroom observation and feedback from peers and parents.” ParentGrowthSupportTeacherStudentsObservationClassroomMultiplePeersFeedbackEvaluation 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
“To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.” ShouldTeacherTeachingStudentsPaidStartingRangeEarningSalaryCaliber Author:Arne Duncan
“I think every student needs access to technology, and I think technology can be a hugely important vehicle to help level the playing field.” ThinkingNeedsImportantHelpingLevelsTechnologyFieldsStudentsAccessVehiclePlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:Arne Duncan
“States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.” ShouldStatesStudentsBalanceBudgets Author:Arne Duncan
“At a time when going to college has never been more important, it's never been more expensive, and our nation's families haven't been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.” KindImportantNextOpportunityNationsRiskHavensStudentsCollegeDollarsFinancialDecadesBillionsSavingExpensiveStoppingMiraculousLoanSavingsAffordableGreat DepressionSubsidiesGoing To CollegeDuress 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
“Young people know how important it is for dads to be involved in their lives. As I travel the country and talk with students, some of them tell me that their lives would be totally different if their father was around.” PeopleIfsKnowsImportantDifferentCountryWould BeYoungFatherKnow HowStudentsDadInvolvedBeing A Dad Author:Arne Duncan
