Turning Around Troubled Schools
Signs of how Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to fix failing schools, via his work in Chicago
By
Eddy Ramírez
Posted May 27, 2009
Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan. (Jim Lo Scalzo for USN&WR)
Barack Obama and Arne Duncan speak to elementary school children at Dodge Renaissance Academy in Chicago. Obama called Duncan, a former professional basketball player in Australia, '... the most hands-on of hands-on practitioners...' of school reform. (Ralf-Finn Hestoft-Pool/Getty Images)
