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Chicago schools need Arne Duncan's skills :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Letters to the Editor
Please stay in Chicago, Mr. Duncan. The nation is poised for urgently needed new direction under the leadership of President-elect Barack Obama and his Cabinet. It's clear that Arne Duncan has the vision, on-the-ground experience and passion to be a great United States secretary of education. ...
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cps.k12.il.us — Arne Duncan Chief Executive Officer Chicago Public Schools Email: aduncan@cps.k12.il.us Arne Duncan, CEO Arne Duncan graduated magna... cum laude from Harvard University in 1987, majoring in sociology. He was co-captain of Harvard s basketball team and ... (more) Chicago Public Schools
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Alexander Russo: Duncan Should Stay. But He Has to Go.
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... That's the question on many peoples' minds, including Elizabeth Evans from the Illinois Network of Charter Schools, who very much wants him to stay because he's pro-charter and all sorts of other nice things (Chicago schools need Arne Duncan's skills). ...

Obama's Ed Pick Set To Drop Tomorrow: Arne Duncan
The Atlantic Politics Channel — ... " type who favors metrics over actual knowledge about how children learn, but the American Federation of Teachers praises his management style. He's beloved by charter schools advocates. ...

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