Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule. Arne Duncan More Quotes by Arne Duncan More Quotes From Arne Duncan Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives. Arne Duncan growing-up father children Historically the Department of Education hasn't been doing enough to drive the sustainability movement, and today, I promise that we will be a committed partner in the national effort to build a more environmentally literate and responsible society. Arne Duncan effort energy promise Schools and districts and unions are working together on some really innovative things. Arne Duncan unions working-together school Other countries have outeducated us. They have made this a priority. And a big part of what I'm trying to do, frankly, is raise the profile of education and get America to wake up. Arne Duncan priorities trying country Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger. Arne Duncan want children way Money is not the reason that people enter teaching. Arne Duncan teaching reason people Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense. Arne Duncan expenses austerity Teachers say their schools of education did not adequately prepare them for the classroom. They would have welcomed more mentoring and feedback in their early years. Arne Duncan teacher years school State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. Arne Duncan cutting college struggle Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is low-paying and not prestigious enough. Arne Duncan teaching long thinking We all have a role to play - the President, Congress, parents, students and schools - in making college affordable and keeping the middle class dream alive. Arne Duncan college dream school No one is mandating merit pay. Arne Duncan merit pay Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12. Arne Duncan college lying children City Year is taking on some of the toughest work in education. Arne Duncan cities years We have had this massive effort on K-12 reform, raising standards, great teachers, great principals, turning around chronically failing schools, raising the bar, huge amount of progress. Let's continue that. Arne Duncan effort teacher school I'm just absolutely convinced we have to educate our way to a better economy. That's the only way we're going to get there. This is the best long-term investment we can make. And so I think it's my job to be the truth-teller. Arne Duncan investment economy thinking Whether you look at these recent PISA results, which we are mediocre at best, whether you look at a 25 percent dropout rate in this country, whether you look at, in one generation, we're not doing what we need to be doing to keep America great. Arne Duncan rate mediocre country What I've said is if we looked at this early in September. Arne Duncan politics So instead of watching TV, we read every night together as a family. Arne Duncan watching family together night We have to get to a better place, we have to do it together. We have to build the kind of teamwork and camaraderie to tackle these hard problems together. Arne Duncan
