U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be in Cary this weekend for what his office is calling a "major policy speech" focusing on international standards for school achievement.
Duncan will be offering the keynote address Sunday night at the Governors Education Symposium, a meeting sponsored by the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, Lynn Bonner reports.
Duncan's speech will be the second in a series of four leading up to the opening of competition for $5 billion from the "Race to the Top" fund — money Duncan will dole out to states to encourage school improvements.
The fund is part of the stimulus money Congress approved earlier this year.
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Re: Education secretary to visit Cary
June 16, 2009 - 7:51am — kmisegadesThis must be an oxymoron:
"James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy"
Most of the problems and corruption in this state can be traced to Hunt's behind-the-scene string-pulling and cronyism.
What a joke - who wants to bet that the basic theme will be "we need more money"?
Re: Education secretary to visit Cary
June 12, 2009 - 6:12am — BitterEXdemocratWill both June Atkinson AND Bill Harrison be attending? Who gets the
respect there?
Re: Education secretary to visit Cary
June 12, 2009 - 6:11am — BitterEXdemocratMORE stimulatin money down a massive RATHOLE! STOP letting the government INDOCTRINATE your children! Get them OUT of there as fast as you can!
Re: Education secretary to visit Cary
June 11, 2009 - 4:50pm — paineintheneckDuncan is pro teacher's union and anti school choice. They'll spend more money and we'll get more poor performance. They know that results don't matter as long as they seem to care.
Re: Education secretary to visit Cary
June 11, 2009 - 4:39pm — dryeraseuserYUP! A speech is all it will be. More talk and nothing with results, as usual!