Arne Duncan

A good distillation of Secretary Duncan's educational philosophy, with a great use of personal story, memorable anecdotes, and academically-backed research to boot. Although he may (unfortunately) lose some of his more conservative readers toward the end, for the most part he was very good at giving credit where credit was due to all politicians, reformers, and educators who are seeking to make our schools work. However, this book did have one glaring deficiency: foot/endnotes re: the many studies, articles, etc. alluded to throughout.

Recommended for those interested in education in general, as well as those interested in Secretary Duncan and/or a first-hand account of the education side of the Obama administration.… (lisätietoja)

As a frustrated teach to be, I share much of what Arne Duncan finds wrong with our schools to be true. I also find much of what he says that needs to be done to fix the problem through five years of substitute teaching to be true as well. However, change is often difficult, and there is no world more resistant to change than the field of education. This was a fabulous look at what we need to do to make the United States competitive in the field of education so we can compete in the world. Very insightful.… (lisätietoja)