Arne Duncan: All Sticks, No Carrots | Truth in American Education:
Education Secretary Loses Leverage in Second Term
As Congressional gridlock continues throughout the second term of the Obama Administration, education analysts question whether Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has many opportunities through which to advance the Department’s goals. During the first term, the DOE was given billions of dollars in discretionary funding through the stimulus that was used to establish the President’s signature education program, Race to the Top (RTT). The Race to the Top program, a competitive grant program, was administered in several phases and included both an assessment development and early learning component. Estimates suggest that under his supervision the DOE has awarded nearly $100 billion in incentive funding to states
Here is a little blurb on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan in “The Washington Flyer” a weekly email sent out by the American Association of Christian Schools that I thought was interesting.
