Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan served as U.S. Secretary of Education from 2009 to 2015. He is currently managing partner with Emerson Collective and the founder of Chicago CRED, an organization working to reduce gun violence.

Only 30% of teachers rate report cards as one of the important ways to gauge student achievement, indicating that most of the teachers giving those A’s and B’s have a fuller picture, writes Arne Duncan, former U.S. secretary of education and Bibb Hubbard, the founder and president of Learning Heroes

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Schools are failing when it comes to telling parents the truth about student achievement

Most parents think that their children are learning at grade level because they’re getting A’s and B’s. They’re not, and schools are sending a mixed message about achievement, Arne Duncan and Bibb Hubbard write.

By Arne Duncan and Bibb Hubbard

From left, Imad Saadeh, Gwendolyn Baxter, Jaquie Algee, Lauren Bennett, Pastor Cornelius Parks, and Conttina Patterson sit in front of the Illinois House Judiciary Committee at the first hearing on the Protect Illinois Communities Act in Chicago on Dec. 12.

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Passing assault weapons bill is a matter of life and death

I don’t ever want to hear another politician offer “thoughts and prayers” after a mass shooting. I don’t ever again want to look into the eyes of parents of dead first- and second graders, as I did in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012. I don’t ever want to attend another funeral for a slain student, which I did all too frequently as CEO of CPS.

By Arne Duncan

An American flag blows in the wind above the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 18.

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Democracy won’t save itself. As Americans, we must save it ourselves.

We live in challenging times, where issues like climate change, terrorism, economic injustice and war threaten democracies here and across the globe. Now more than ever, Americans must reaffirm our commitment to the principles and practices of democracy.

By Arne Duncan