U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan Takes Listening Tour Online

Secretary Arne Duncan wants to hear ideas about how the U.S. Department of Education can accomplish President Obama’s goal of providing every child in America a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career.

As the Department prepares for the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, Secretary Duncan wants to hear from classroom teachers and other educators, parents and students, business people and citizens. What’s working, and what’s not? What do they need to do that they are not doing, and what do they need to stop doing – or do differently?

Raising Standards:

Many states in America are independently considering adopting internationally-benchmarked, college and career-ready standards. Is raising standards a good idea? How should we go about it? To comment, go here.