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Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a $95.5 million civil settlement with for-profit education company Education Management Corporation. She also gave a statement on the Paris terror at…

The Council of the Great City Schools hosted a forum on the results of a new report on the effectiveness of standardized testing. Michael Casserly made opening remarks on the report, and the…

President Obama announced the resignation of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, effective at the end of the year. President Obama said he would be replaced on an acting basis by his deputy, Jo…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan was interviewed at the seventh annual Washington Ideas Forum. He spoke about college graduation rates, student debt, and early childhood education. He was int…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan talked about the role of race and class in education, as well as the state of criminal justice in the U.S. He announced a new White House proposal to divert $…

President Obama and Education Secretary Arnie Duncan spoke about college access and affordability at a town hall meeting with high school students and their parents at North High School in D…

Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and others participated in a conference call on a new initiative to allow students and …

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, and a panel of young professionals talked about education, jobs, justice, and the future of civil rights. “The Voice of …

Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Representative Bobby Scott (D-VA) welcomed officials from cities around the United States and several federal agencies wh…

Witnesses testified on the Department of Education’s fiscal year 2016 budget request. He said that budget sequestration was having an impact on learning and needed to be addressed.

Secretary Arne Duncan talked about the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known as No Child Left Behind. Topics included the progress America…

Members of the Council of the Great City Schools, a group that advocates for inner-city public schools, spoke to reporters following a meeting with President Obama. They were joined by Secre…