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Chicago-izing America’s public schools
michellemalkin.com - 12/16/2008
Chicago-izing America’s public schools
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Schools Chief From Chicago Is Obama’s Choice for Education
nytimes.com - 12/16/2008
Schools Chief From Chicago Is Obama’s Choice for Education
— nytimes.com — Arne Duncan is known for taking tough steps to improve schools while maintaining respectful relations with teachers... and their unions. > (more) Schools Chief From Chicago Is Obama’s Choice for Education

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Schools Chief From Chicago Is Cabinet Pick
nytimes.com - 12/16/2008
Schools Chief From Chicago Is Cabinet Pick
— nytimes.com — Arne Duncan is known for taking tough steps to improve schools while maintaining respectful ties with unions.... > (more) Schools Chief From Chicago Is Cabinet Pick

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msnbc.msn.com - 12/16/2008
Sources: Obama taps Chicago schools chief
— msnbc.msn.com — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Chicago schools chief Arne Duncan to serve as education secretary, people with... knowledge of the decision said Monday. (more) Sources: Obama taps Chicago schools chief

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The Sundries Shack:  The New Secretary of Education is A Mixed Bag

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The New Secretary of Education is A Mixed Bag
The Sundries Shack — ... and to no one’s surprise he picked Arne Duncan , the chief of the Chicago school system. Duncan has a reputation both as a reformer and as friendly to teachers’ unions. Whether that means he takes the best from each and uses them for the betterment of the students or he’s a politically-adroit fence-straddler remains to be seen. Duncan is, however, a proponent of ...

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