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The Hunt Institute Names Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan as Board Chair
The 74 via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Hunt Institute announced former United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as its new...
Former education secretary calls for school boycott amid Nashville shooting
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Blood doesn’t know a political party,” former Obama administration education secretary Arne Duncan...
'The city needs all of you.' What a former Obama cabinet member said about gun violence in Memphis
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFormer U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan co-founded the gun violence intervention nonprofit...
Voters go to the polls in Chicago mayor's race that highlights Democrats' divide
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo candidates representing opposite ends of the Democratic party are on the ballot in the...
Lawmakers propose raising teachers' minimum salaries to $60K to stem 'mass exodus'
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday introduced legislation to raise the national minimum salary for...
Maryland Senate contest becomes a two-person race
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 months agoWill Jawando, who five months ago surprised many by being the first to jump into the contest to replace Maryland’s retiring Sen. Ben Cardin, now becomes...
Competing K–12 Visions Collide in Chicago Mayor’s Race
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe K–12 issues at stake in the Chicago mayor’s race were neatly distilled earlier this month, when...
Interview: Researcher Anthony Bryk on Chicago Schools’ ‘Radical’ New Direction
The 74 via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 15 will mark the beginning of a new day for schools in Chicago. That’s the day Brandon Johnson,...
In Progressive Breakthrough, Teachers' Union Organizer Elected Mayor of Chicago
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn a generational breakthrough for organized labor and the Democratic Party’s left flank, former...
Interactive: See How Student Achievement Gaps Are Growing in Your State
The 74 via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAchievement scores fell in the wake of COVID-19. That story has been well told … But what’s less...