Duncan Carves Deep Mark on Policy in First Year
A year ago, Arne Duncan was known as a long-serving urban district chief who had used his collegial management style to push innovation and close failing schools in Chicago. This week, he enters his second year as U.S. secretary of education pursuing a similar national policy agenda that could place him among the most influential leaders in his department’s 30-year history. Michele McNeil, Education Week, Jan. 21, 2010