December 16, 2008
Obama to Pick Arne Duncan, Leader of Chicago's Public Schools, as Education Secretary
President-elect Barack Obama will pick Arne Duncan, a longtime friend who leads Chicago’s public-school system, as his education secretary, Democratic party sources said.
Mr. Obama’s choice of Mr. Duncan may signal the president-elect’s support for approaches to education policy pressed by advocates of deep structural change in elementary and secondary education. It is less clear what the selection might mean for higher education.
Mr. Duncan’s seven-year
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