This Week In Education: Media: Tribune Profiles Secretary Duncan's Mom

This Week In Education: Media: Tribune Profiles Secretary Duncan's Mom

Media: Tribune Profiles Secretary Duncan's Mom

by Alexander Russo

We all knew that Duncan's mom had a lifelong commitment to education but for years now there hasn't been that much beyond a few tempting details. Now the Tribune has a profile and some great pictures to go along with them:

"For nearly 50 years, the mother of U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has run an after-school tutoring project out of church basements on the South Side. Her work helped thousands of kids from Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, and inspired Arne to pursue a career in education. Now, at 75-years-old, she still makes her way to the