Quotes by Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan

About two-thirds of bachelor’s degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they’re graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

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Almost 24 million children – one in three – are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

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At a time when going to college has never been more important, it’s never been more expensive, and our nation’s families haven’t been in this kind of financial duress since the great depression. And so what we have is just sort of a miraculous opportunity simply by stopping the subsidy to banks when we already have the risk of loans. We can plow those savings into our students. And we can make college dramatically more affordable, tens of billions of dollars over the next decade.

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City Year is taking on some of the toughest work in education.

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Years

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

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Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They’re not really ready for college. That’s not higher education’s fault. That’s our fault K-12.

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Lying

I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.

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Teaching

I think it’s my job to tell the truth.

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I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

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If children are hungry, they need to be fed. It’s hard to learn if your stomach is growling. We need to take that on. If students can’t see the blackboard, need eyeglasses, we need to do that. If students need a social worker or counselor to work through the challenges they’re facing at home in the community, we need to do that.

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Quotes by Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan

About two-thirds of bachelor’s degree holders borrow to go to school, and on average they’re graduating with more than $26,000 in debt.

Almost 24 million children – one in three – are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

City Year is taking on some of the toughest work in education.

Education is the civil rights issue of our generation.

Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They’re not really ready for college. That’s not higher education’s fault. That’s our fault K-12.

I believe that education is the civil rights issue of our generation. And if you care about promoting opportunity and reducing inequality, the classroom is the place to start. Great teaching is about so much more than education; it is a daily fight for social justice.

I think it’s my job to tell the truth.

I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.

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