Thursday, August 18, 2011

#AskArne Twitter Town Hall Next Wednesday: Share your Questions Here - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

#AskArne Twitter Town Hall Next Wednesday: Share your Questions Here - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher

#AskArne Twitter Town Hall Next Wednesday: Share your Questions Here

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The Department of Education announced Tuesday that Secretary Arne Duncan will participate in an #AskArne Twitter Town Hall on next Wednesday, August 24, at 1:30 p.m. EDT.

Veteran education journalist John Merrow will moderate the town hall that will also be broadcast live on the Department of Education's ustream channel.

Twitter users can submit questions to the Secretary using the hashtag #AskArne.

Many of us will be teaching at that time, but questions can be submitted at any time prior to the event.

A couple of weeks ago, on the eve of the Save Our Schools March, I wrote aboutmy own experience asking Secretary Duncan a question in person.

After pursuing answers from this administration for the past year and a half, I have come to the conclusion that they do not have very good ones. After one of Secretary Duncan's press secretaries accused me of misrepresenting President