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Duncan weighs in on school board accountability, other policies
- 02-16-2011
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Blog by Stephen Sawchuk/Education Week
In his speech kicking off the labor-management conference here in Denver, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for more accountability for school boards and also hinted that teacher-assignment policies should be carefully examined. Those are just two of the more interesting parts of Duncan's kick-off speech, which you can read the full text of the Education Department's website. In sum, Duncan called on attendees to make student learning the foremost element in all of their interactions—and not just at the bargaining table or in budgets, but also in the classroom, at school board meetings, and on school leadership teams. (more...)
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