Secretary Arne Duncan has $5 billion for transformation. What should he do?

As former governors from different political parties who remain passionate about the quality of education in America, we agree that Arne Duncan is one lucky guy. As part of the $787 billion spending package passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in February, the new education secretary gets $5 billion to spend on projects that will transform America's education system. Called the "Race to the Top Fund," the money is to meant to pay for ... Full Story »

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Derek Hawkins
3.2
by Derek Hawkins - May. 4, 2009

An odd co-authorship with a couple original and potentially feasible ideas about education reform. I give it a poor rating on responsibility because neither author cites education policies he enacted in his state. To me, this is not a small or insignificant omission.

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