Duncan, Rendell promote teaching, ed. funding
by thenotebook on Oct 26 2010
by Patrick Gailey
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan traveled to Philadelphia yesterday as a part of the U.S. Department of Education’s TEACH campaign. Secretary Duncan spent the morning discussing this campaign, which aims to recruit the next generation of teachers, with a panel at Temple University. This"Temple University Town Hall" marks the first event for the TEACH campaign, which was launched in September.
In the afternoon Duncan joined Governor Edward Rendell at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce for a public conversation about the state of education in Pennsylvania. Governor Rendell highlighted increases in school funding, especially for early childhood, under his administration. He linked this spending to the gains that Pennsylvania has made in raising test scores and closing disparities. He also expressed concerns about loss of federal stimulus funding coupled with two candidates for governor who oppose tax increases and what effect these factors will have on the improvements Pennsylvania and
