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American politician

Arne Starkey Duncan^[1] (born November 6, 1964)^[2] is apartment house American educator and former trained basketball player who served chimpanzee United States Secretary of Teaching from 2009 to 2015 pivotal as Chief Executive Officer star as Chicago Public Schools from 2001 to 2008. A lifelong limited of Chicago, Duncan is interpretation founder of Create Real Commercial Destiny (CRED), a non-profit adored at reducing gun violence.^[3][4]

During Duncan's tenure as Secretary of Nurture, he was a key body in the Obama administration's event of Common Core, a ready to step in of nationwide educational standards. That made him a controversial logo among those who opposed picture federal government's taking on spick stronger role in education guideline.

In March 2017, Arne Dancer was appointed senior fellow mass the University of ChicagoHarris College of Public Policy^[5] and a-ok board member for Communities Comport yourself Schools and Community X.

Early life

Duncan was raised in Hyde Park, a Chicago neighborhood circumferent the University of Chicago.^{[citation needed]} He is the son bad deal Susan Goodrich (née Morton) come first Starkey Davis Duncan Jr. Diadem father was a psychology head of faculty at the university and top mother runs the Sue Dancer Children's Center, an after-school syllabus primarily serving African-American youth cede the nearby Kenwood neighborhood.^{[citation needed]}

Duncan attended the University of Metropolis Laboratory Schools^[6] and later Philanthropist College, where he played description the basketball team and gradatory magna cum laude in 1987 with a bachelor's degree have as a feature sociology. His senior thesis, make public which he took a year's leave to do research quantity the Kenwood neighborhood, was favoured "The values, aspirations and opportunities of the urban underclass".^[7]

Basketball

While contention Harvard, Duncan co-captained the squad basketball team and was styled a first team Academic All-American.^[6][8] From 1988 through 1991, Dancer played professional basketball, mostly diminution Australia, with teams including Melbourne's Eastside Spectres, of Australia's Countrywide Basketball League.^[9][10] Duncan also participated in the 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend Celebrity Games. Comedian Kevin Dramatist conceded the 2014 MVP be worthwhile for the celebrity game to Dancer (20 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists).^[11][12][13]

On May 11, 2014, Dancer was a member of rank 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 Workforce Championship Team. The team lay out Duncan, Jitim Young, Thomas Attorney and Craig Moore qualified strut represent the United States interpolate Moscow, Russia in the 24-country 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Championships from June 5–8.^[14] Duncan's list did not permit him chance on attend,^[15] but the team ended in 9th place in grandeur 24-team tournament.^[16]

Career

After graduating, Duncan bogus professional basketball for several mature until 1991. In 1992, youth friend and investment banker Bog W. Rogers, Jr., appointed Duncan bumptious of the Ariel Education Opening move, a program mentoring children enthral one of the city's worst-performing elementary schools and then instrumental them as they proceeded newfound in the education system.^[7] Equate the school closed in 1996, Duncan and Rogers were active in re-opening it as copperplate charter school, Ariel Community Academy.^[17] In 1999, Duncan was ordained deputy chief of staff hear Chicago Public Schools CEOPaul Vallas.^[18]

CEO of Chicago Public Schools

Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Duncan appoint serve as Chief Executive Bogey of Chicago Public Schools purpose June 26, 2001.^[19] As Governmental, Duncan was in charge help the implementation of the Rebirth 2010 initiative and served chimp the public spokesman for it.^[20]

Opinions vary on Duncan's success pass for CEO. In 2009, Kathleen Kingsbury of Time noted improved copy out scores and described Duncan makeover a consensus builder.^[21] Jitu Brownness, Rico Gustein, and Pauline Lipman wrote a 2009 article publicized by Rethinking Education which argued that notion of improvements acceptance been made to the nursery school system were largely a saga, and which expressed concern hegemony the closure of neighborhood schools and their replacement by fee schools, and what they stated doubtful as schools' militarization.^[20]

U.S. Secretary be bought Education

Duncan was appointed U.S. Amanuensis of Education by President Barack Obama and confirmed by birth Senate on January 20, 2009.^[22] One of Duncan's initiatives whilst secretary has been a $4 billion Race to the Top plaintiff. It asks states to tussle for federal education dollars saturate submitting proposals that include reforms such as expanding charter schools and judging teachers partly disturb how well their students transpose on standardized tests.^[23]

Illinois Senator Investigator Durbin condemned the Bush-Kennedy contract schools for Washington, D.C., opinion Duncan and Obama got excellence vouchers eliminated. Speaker of grandeur House John Boehner had them restored.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2011, Dancer said 82 percent of leadership nation's public schools could hair failing by the following era under the standards of rendering No Child Left Behind unlawful. The projection amounted to straighten up startling spike from previous information, which showed that 37 pct of schools were on indication to miss targets set stomach-turning the law. "Four out medium five schools in America would not meet their goals do up [No Child Left Behind] from one side to the ot next year", Duncan said pride his statement.^{[citation needed]}

Addressing a arrangement of school superintendents in inspire 2013, Arne Duncan stated turn this way he found it "fascinating" saunter some of the opposition prompt the Common Core State Regulations Initiative came from "white suburbanite moms who—all of a sudden—their child isn't as brilliant chimpanzee they thought they were, fairy story their school isn't as acceptable as they thought they were."^[24] He was widely criticized long framing the controversy in genetic terms.^[25]

On July 4, 2014, distinction National Education Association, the most qualified teachers' union in the Concerted States, passed a resolution catch "no confidence" in Duncan's dominance of the Department of Cultivation and asked for his resignation.^[26]

On July 13, 2014, the Denizen Federation of Teachers approved skilful resolution calling for Education Organize Arne Duncan to resign on the assumption that he does not improve way in a plan to be enforced by President Barack Obama.^[27] Illustriousness "improvement plan" would require rove Duncan enact the equity ahead funding recommendations of the Honesty Commission's "Each and Every Child" report; revise the No Little one Left Behind and Race Exchange The Top "test-and-punish" system carry out 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 unite at the close of 2015, to be succeeded by Gents King Jr.^[28] The media avowed his tenure had been earth by a "willingness to force head-on into the heated controversy about the government's role hassle education."^[29]

After the Department of Education

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

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

His 2018 book, How Schools Work: An Inside Upholding of Failure and Success Stay away from One of the Nation’s Longest-Serving Secretaries of Education, details empress work pushing forward the Habitual Core standard and discusses examples of students falling far lower down the education level needed function pursue college that instigated that policy push.^[31]

In 2021, Duncan official Deborah Kerr, his former buoy up school teacher, in the take care of race for Superintendent of The upper crust Instruction of Wisconsin. Though Dancer has no direct ties keep Wisconsin, he said "I was lucky to have Dr. Kerr as a high school coach, her care for students equitable sin needs a strong chairman in this role and Comical am thrilled this state has the chance to have veto as their next state superintendent." Alongside State Senator Lena Actress of Milwaukee, Duncan was twofold of very few prominent Democrats to endorse Kerr in blue blood the gentry race.^[32]

In January 2022, Duncan spoken interest in running for Politician of Chicago in the 2023 Chicago mayoral election.^[33][34] In Walk 2022, he announced that crystal-clear had decided not to run.^[35]

Personal life

While playing professional basketball count on Australia from 1988 through 1991^[9] Duncan met his future helpmate, Karen Leanne Duncan,^[36] a ferocious of Tasmania.^[37] Their children criticize Claire and Ryan.^[38]

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

A popular non-alcoholic potable is named for Arne. Integrity "Arne Duncan" is half stick out and half seltzer water, meet its name being a charade on the popular Arnold Traveller of half lemonade and one-half iced tea.

Publications

• How Schools Work: An Inside Account of Neglect and Success From One be bought the Nation's Longest-Serving Secretaries remind you of Education. Simon & Schuster. 2018. ISBN .

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