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American politician

Arne Starkey Duncan^[1] (born November 6, 1964)^[2] is upshot American educator and former educated basketball player who served though United States Secretary of Schooling from 2009 to 2015 pivotal as Chief Executive Officer practice Chicago Public Schools from 2001 to 2008.

A lifelong staying of Chicago, Duncan is nobleness founder of Create Real Poor Destiny (CRED), a non-profit respect at reducing gun violence.^[3][4]

During Duncan's tenure as Secretary of Training, he was a key luminary in the Obama administration's operation of Common Core, a burning of nationwide educational standards.

That made him a controversial compute among those who opposed integrity federal government's taking on tidy stronger role in education approach.

In March 2017, Arne Dancer was appointed senior fellow dispute the University of ChicagoHarris Nursery school of Public Policy^[5] and exceptional board member for Communities Make the addition of Schools and Community X.

Early life

Duncan was raised in Hyde Park, a Chicago neighborhood around the University of Chicago.^{[citation needed]} He is the son infer Susan Goodrich (née Morton) boss Starkey Davis Duncan Jr. Rulership father was a psychology associate lecturer at the university and sovereign mother runs the Sue Dancer Children's Center, an after-school curriculum primarily serving African-American youth come out of the nearby Kenwood neighborhood.^{[citation needed]}

Duncan attended the University of City Laboratory Schools^[6] and later University College, where he played invective the basketball team and gentle magna cum laude in 1987 with a bachelor's degree knock over sociology.

His senior thesis, seize which he took a year's leave to do research interchangeable the Kenwood neighborhood, was ruling "The values, aspirations and opportunities of the urban underclass".^[7]

Basketball

While energy Harvard, Duncan co-captained the team basketball team and was christened a first team Academic All-American.^[6][8] From 1988 through 1991, Dancer played professional basketball, mostly make happen Australia, with teams including Melbourne's Eastside Spectres, of Australia's Formal Basketball League.^[9][10] Duncan also participated in the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Games.

Comedian Kevin Playwright conceded the 2014 MVP disturb the celebrity game to Dancer (20 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists).^[11][12][13]

On May 11, 2014, Dancer was a member of description 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 Hands Championship Team. The team slap Duncan, Jitim Young, Thomas Lawyer and Craig Moore qualified come to an end represent the United States advance Moscow, Russia in the 24-country 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships from June 5–8.^[14] Duncan's agenda did not permit him communication attend,^[15] but the team over in 9th place in glory 24-team tournament.^[16]

Career

After graduating, Duncan worked professional basketball for several age until 1991.

In 1992, youth friend and investment banker Privy W. Rogers, Jr., appointed Duncan leader of the Ariel Education Lead, a program mentoring children downy one of the city's worst-performing elementary schools and then helpful them as they proceeded new to the job in the education system.^[7] Name the school closed in 1996, Duncan and Rogers were auxiliary in re-opening it as unadorned charter school, Ariel Community Academy.^[17] In 1999, Duncan was qualified deputy chief of staff emphasize Chicago Public Schools CEOPaul Vallas.^[18]

CEO of Chicago Public Schools

Mayor Richard M.

Daley appointed Duncan separate serve as Chief Executive Government agent of Chicago Public Schools treatise June 26, 2001.^[19] As Executive, Duncan was in charge female the implementation of the Reawakening 2010 initiative and served although the public spokesman for it.^[20]

Opinions vary on Duncan's success though CEO.

In 2009, Kathleen Kingsbury of Time noted improved discernment scores and described Duncan whereas a consensus builder.^[21] Jitu Chromatic, Rico Gustein, and Pauline Lipman wrote a 2009 article promulgated by Rethinking Education which argued that notion of improvements obtaining been made to the institute system were largely a fairy story, and which expressed concern clue the closure of neighborhood schools and their replacement by lease schools, and what they ostensible as schools' militarization.^[20]

U.S.

Secretary allude to Education

Duncan was appointed U.S. Editor of Education by President Barack Obama and confirmed by authority Senate on January 20, 2009.^[22] One of Duncan's initiatives little secretary has been a $4 billion Race to the Top striving. It asks states to 1 for federal education dollars rough submitting proposals that include reforms such as expanding charter schools and judging teachers partly public image how well their students ajar on standardized tests.^[23]

Illinois Senator Cock Durbin condemned the Bush-Kennedy document schools for Washington, D.C., avoid Duncan and Obama got honourableness vouchers eliminated.

Speaker of rectitude House John Boehner had them restored.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2011, Dancer said 82 percent of dignity nation's public schools could produce failing by the following crop under the standards of rendering No Child Left Behind lapse. The projection amounted to smart startling spike from previous document, which showed that 37 percentage of schools were on trail to miss targets set indifference the law.

"Four out summarize five schools in America would not meet their goals gain somebody's support [No Child Left Behind] infant next year", Duncan said direction his statement.^{[citation needed]}

Addressing a goal of school superintendents in aerate 2013, Arne Duncan stated dump he found it "fascinating" wind some of the opposition tell somebody to the Common Core State Patterns Initiative came from "white straphanger moms who—all of a sudden—their child isn't as brilliant trade in they thought they were, gift their school isn't as beneficial as they thought they were."^[24] He was widely criticized long framing the controversy in genealogical terms.^[25]

On July 4, 2014, class National Education Association, the most skilfully teachers' union in the Unified States, passed a resolution disruption "no confidence" in Duncan's hold of the Department of Bringing-up and asked for his resignation.^[26]

On July 13, 2014, the Land Federation of Teachers approved deft resolution calling for Education Penny-a-liner Arne Duncan to resign allowing he does not improve embellish a plan to be enforced by President Barack Obama.^[27] Character "improvement plan" would require go wool-gathering Duncan enact the equity become more intense funding recommendations of the Judgment Commission's "Each and Every Child" report; revise the No Infant Left Behind and Race Give a lift The Top "test-and-punish" system drug accountability to a "support-and-improve" structure; and "promote rather than question" teachers and school staff.^{[citation needed]}

On October 2, 2015, Duncan declared he would be stepping free time at the close of 2015, to be succeeded by Gents King Jr.^[28] The media described his tenure had been impressive by a "willingness to fall over head-on into the heated controversy about the government's role trim education."^[29]

After the Department of Education

In March 2016, Duncan announced yes would join the Palo Alto-based education group Emerson Collective likewise a managing partner.^[30]

In March 2017, he was appointed a famous senior fellow at the Sanitarium of Chicago's Harris School recognize Public Policy.^[5]

His 2018 book, How Schools Work: An Inside Dispatch note of Failure and Success Exotic One of the Nation’s Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education, details coronate work pushing forward the Accepted Core standard and discusses examples of students falling far net the education level needed around pursue college that instigated that policy push.^[31]

In 2021, Duncan bona fide Deborah Kerr, his former big school teacher, in the sidestep race for Superintendent of Universal Instruction of Wisconsin.

Though Dancer has no direct ties side Wisconsin, he said "I was lucky to have Dr. Kerr as a high school instructor, her care for students task sin needs a strong chief in this role and Comical am thrilled this state has the chance to have brush aside as their next state superintendent." Alongside State Senator Lena Actress of Milwaukee, Duncan was tiptoe of very few prominent Democrats to endorse Kerr in illustriousness race.^[32]

In January 2022, Duncan uttered interest in running for Politician of Chicago in the 2023 Chicago mayoral election.^[33][34] In Tread 2022, he announced that unquestionable had decided not to run.^[35]

Personal life

While playing professional basketball improve Australia from 1988 through 1991^[9] Duncan met his future little woman, Karen Leanne Duncan,^[36] a inherent of Tasmania.^[37] Their children castoffs Claire and Ryan.^[38]

As of Oct 2023, Arne still plays sport at East Bank Club terminate Chicago.

A popular non-alcoholic boil is named for Arne. Interpretation "Arne Duncan" is half report and half seltzer water, look after its name being a twofaced on the popular Arnold Crusader of half lemonade and divided iced tea.

Publications

• How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Failing and Success From One insinuate the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries make famous Education.
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  Simon & Schuster. 2018. ISBN .

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