Secretary Arne Duncan testified on President Obama’s plan for education before the House Education and Labor Committee.

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today urged states to submit applications for State Fiscal Stabilization Funds as quickly as possible, saying teaching jobs are at risk and reforms must move forward.

Secretary Arne Duncan delivered the commencement address at St. Michael’s College and continued his listening and learning tour.

Secretary Arne Duncan visited Detroit in the second stop of his listening tour on education reform. He also took the listening tour online.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced the availability of more than .8 billion in recovery funds for Florida to save teaching jobs and drive education reform.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan told a leading think tank that the Obama administration is changing the federal Title I program to aggressively drive reform in schools that need it the most.

ED’s .7 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2010 will advance President Obama’s education reform agenda while cutting ineffective programs and unnecessary personnel, Secretary Arne Duncan said when releasing the budget.