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Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who dramatically changed education policy in schools and colleges across the nation, is resigning in December. Duncan, an original member of the Obama Cabinet ...

Arne Duncan always has talked a good game. But if he is going to keep writing books and think pieces about education, he needs to offer something beyond, "I was right all along." ...

In July, Arne Duncan, the Obama administration education secretary, visited Parkland, Fla., to pitch parents on his idea for a national school boycott designed to force Congress to take action on ...

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced Friday that he would leave the Obama Cabinet in December after nearly seven years of attempting to reshape and bring more accountability to public ...

Former U.S. secretary of Education Arne Duncan has taken on a new job: helping the high numbers of kids dropping out of school, joining gangs and getting killed in Chicago.

In July, Arne Duncan, the Obama administration education secretary, visited Parkland, Fla., to pitch parents on his idea for a national school boycott designed to force Congress to take action on ...

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to step down from his Cabinet position by the end of the year, leaving the Obama administration more than a year before the president’s term will end.

President Barack Obama said Friday he pressed Education Secretary Arne Duncan to stay on the job but accepted his decision to return to Chicago “with regret and sorrow.” Duncan, 50, a former ...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s announcement on Friday that he plans to step down later this year was greeted by a range of reactions that illustrate how deeply divided the country is over the ...

Arne Duncan used his last speech as U.S. Education Secretary to draw attention to violence that claims the lives of thousands of children each year, saying that the "greatest frustration" of his ...