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Android3.14

(5,402 posts) Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:24 PM Oct 2015

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to step down from his cabinet position by the end of the year, leaving the Obama Administration more than a year before the president’s term will end, according to two administration officials.

Duncan, who has led the nation’s education policy since the beginning of Obama’s presidency, has come under increasing criticism from both the left and the right. Congress, in pending legislation, has moved to strip his power, and in July 2014 delegates of the National Education Association called on Duncan to resign, citing policies they believed hurt teachers and education unions.

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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to step down at end of year (Original Post) Android3.14 Oct 2015 OP

About seven years too late, if you ask me. Smarmie Doofus Oct 2015 #1

ABSOLUTELY! elleng Oct 2015 #2

I was going to post, "Nowhere near soon enough, but your post is better, so I bow. merrily Oct 2015 #4

Good riddance. femmocrat Oct 2015 #3

To be replaced by staunch believer in teacher's unions and 30 year veteran of public education Doctor_J Oct 2015 #5

Free at last! Free at last! Demeter Oct 2015 #6

Too late to really matter, but I'm still gonna Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #7

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

1. About seven years too late, if you ask me.

Reply to Android3.14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:42 PM

Oct 2015

God, he was awful.

elleng

(141,926 posts)

2. ABSOLUTELY!

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 12:53 PM

Oct 2015

merrily

(45,251 posts)

4. I was going to post, "Nowhere near soon enough, but your post is better, so I bow.

Reply to Smarmie Doofus (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 01:28 PM

Oct 2015

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

3. Good riddance.

Reply to Android3.14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 01:03 PM

Oct 2015

Although his successor sounds equally awful.

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)

5. To be replaced by staunch believer in teacher's unions and 30 year veteran of public education

Reply to Android3.14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:06 PM

Oct 2015

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

6. Free at last! Free at last!

Reply to Android3.14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:24 PM

Oct 2015

'Thank God almighty we are free at last.'---Martin Luther King Jr.

Starry Messenger

(32,382 posts)

7. Too late to really matter, but I'm still gonna

Reply to Android3.14 (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2015, 02:31 PM

Oct 2015

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