Education Secretary Arne Duncan has been superintendent of schools in President Barack Obama's hometown of Chicago since 2001. While Duncan has never been a teacher or school principal, he spent his youth studying alongside neighborhood kids in Chicago's South Side churches. Even as a baby, Duncan accompanied his mother, Sue, every day to the tutoring program she began and still runs. He said at his confirmation hearing that he wants to improve the No Child Left Behind Law and attract more people to teaching.
You can get more information about Secretary Duncan, and learn about the education agenda at the US Department of Education Website. You can also learn more about Secretary Duncan on wikipedia.
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