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Four More Years of Arne Duncan? That's the Last Thing our Schools Need | Education on GOOD

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Four More Years of Arne Duncan? That's the Last Thing our Schools Need


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While it isn't official yet, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has hinted that he will return to President Obama's cabinet for a second term. This isn't good news. As a 17-year-old high school student, I'm both a No Child Left Behind and a Race to the Top baby. I've lived through two pieces of failed legislation—under former Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings and now Duncan—that have seriously derailed the status of education in this country.
At the Council of Chief State Officers conference earlier this month, Duncan outlined the basics of a second-term education agenda with plans to "replicate" the work the administration did in its first term. He hopes to