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#NEARA11 NEA goes after Education Secretary Arne Duncan - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

NEA goes after Education Secretary Arne Duncan - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

NEA goes after Education Secretary Arne Duncan

National Education Association delegates blasted Education Secretary Arne Duncan Sunday. passing a resolution that orders the NEA president to “communicate aggressively, forcefully, and immediately” to President Obama that the teachers union “is appalled” by a number of things Duncan has said and done in the name of school reform.
The resolution of the country’s largest union (see below) includes a list of Duncan’s actions and statements with which the NEA disagrees, including his standardized test-driven reform policies..

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