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Arne Duncan Responds to NEPC Report

Clipped from:Secretary Arne Duncan on Education Reform
Oct 2, 2012

During a National Press Club event on Oct. 2, 2012, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is asked about an NEPC report authored by Tina Trujillo and Michelle Renée about school turnaround policies and parent engagement and community organizing.

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00:00:00 PROCESS.
00:00:01 >> A NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY CENTER REPORT JUST CAME OUT THIS WEEK.
00:00:10 PARENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ARE TREATED AS AN AFTER THOUGHT.
00:00:14 DO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB INVOLVING STAKE HOLDERS RATHER THAN A TOP DOWN APPROACH.
00:00:25 >> I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THE OPENING STATEMENT THERE.
00:00:28 E I LOOK AT TWO-THIRDS OF SCHOOLS IN THE FIRST YEAR SHOWING PROGRESS.
00:00:34 I LOOK AT 25% OF SCHOOLS SHOWING DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS IN READING AND MATH.
00:00:39 THERE IS EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS THERE.
00:00:40 SOME OF THESE ARE A, B, D'S AND Fs.
00:00:46 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY OVER A THOUSAND SCHOOLS CHRONICALLY UNDERPERFORMING FOR DECADES, WE ARE CHALLENGING THE STATUS QUO AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
00:00:56 THE DATA IS INTERESTING.
00:00:57 LOTS OF OTHER STUDIES.
00:00:59 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH IT IS WORKING IN CALIFORNIA.
00:01:01 THE DATA IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT.
00:01:07 GO OUT AND TALK TO TEACHERS IN THE COMMUNITIES AND KIDS AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK.
00:01:11 I VISITED HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS TO HEAR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TELLING THE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES.
00:01:19 FASCINATING. THIS IS TOUGH WORK.
00:01:20 THE MEDIA HASN'T COVERED IT ENOUGH BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T YELLING AND SCREAMING.
00:01:25 THE MEDIA LOVES CONTROVERSY.
00:01:27 PEOPLE ARE DOING HARD STUFF THAT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.
00:01:30 BECAUSE THEY ARE DOING IT TOGETHER IT ISN'T COVERED.
00:01:34 DENNIS AND I WENT TO DRAKT WHERE THEY MADE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
00:01:38 MOVED THE PRINCIPAL OUT.
00:01:39 MOVED OUT HALF THE STAFF, HAD THE LOCAL UNION STOOD UP IN A PUBLIC MEETING AND SAID THIS IS THE HARDEST THING I HAVE EVER HAD TO DO BUT I HAD TO DO IT.
00:01:48 IT WAS THE RIGHT THING FOR KIDS.
00:01:50 THOSE STORIES DON'T GET TOLD.
00:01:52 I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IN THE ROOM TO TALK TO REAL PEOPLE, REAL KIDS, REAL PARENTS, REAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND ASK HOW IT'S GOING.
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