Education & the State of Affairs in Washington: A conversation with Arne Duncan & David Gergen

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Associated Program:
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Speakers:
Arne Duncan
Co-Sponsors:
Harvard Basketball
Center for Public Leadership

Arne Duncan
Managing Partner, Emerson Collective
U.S. Secretary of Education, Obama Administration
 
David Gergen (Moderator)
Public Service Professor of Public Leadership and Director, Center for Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School
Former Senior Advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan

Moderator David Gergen, Former Senior Advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Reagan, was joined by Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education under President Obama, in a discussion about education in America. Duncan spoke about the complacent nature of current k-12 education and why he believes education is the ultimate bipartisan issue. Additionally, Duncan expressed his desire to see America lead the world in high school graduation and college completion rates, as well as his optimism for the future of schooling in the country.