Category Archives: Listening Tour

NCLB Listening and Learning Tour: A Conversation About Education Reform

Secretary Arne Duncan launched his “NCLB Listening and Learning Tour: A Conversation About Education Reform” in May 2009. He and senior staff visited all 50 states to hear from parents, teachers, students, and citizens about No Child Left Behind and education reform. Below are highlights from the tour.

Video from Listening Tour in Montana

Posted on June 5, 2009 by pkickbush

Watch video clips from the Secretary Arne Duncan’s listening tour at Lame Deer High School in Lame Deer, Montana. See also the press release and photos from the visit. Click here for an accessible version of the video. ShareTweet

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Video from Listening Tour in Detroit

Posted on June 5, 2009 by pkickbush

Here’s video from the listening tour in Detroit: Jo Anderson, a senior advisor to the Secretary, and Russlynn Ali, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, in a discussion with teachers and Secretary Duncan talking with students. See the press release, blog … Continue reading →

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Video of Listening Tour in Vermont

Posted on June 2, 2009 by pkickbush

We just added a video of Secretary Duncan’s visit to Vermont. Watch excerpts of the discussion with teachers at Muddy Waters Coffee Shop in Burlington, his commencement address at St. Michael’s College, and stops at Barnes Elementary School with Senator … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: Vermont Coffee House

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Tim Tuten

Two weeks ago In West Virginia, our first listening tour stop , teachers told me they would have liked to have met Secretary Duncan after school for coffee.  They said the conversation he’d started at their school could have gone … Continue reading →

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Secretary Arne Duncan Takes Listening Tour to Vermont, Invites Comments on Rural Education

Posted on May 18, 2009 by jreeves

Secretary Arne Duncan went to Vermont last week to give the commencement address at St. Michael’s College and continue his listening tour. (See photos.) He visited Barnes Elementary School in Burlington with Senator Patrick Leahy, Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss, and … Continue reading →

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More on Detroit Visit

Posted on May 15, 2009 by jreeves

We now have more from Secretary Arne Duncan’s Listening and Learning Tour stop in Detroit: photos (see below) and a piece by Assistant Secretary Russlynn Ali on what she heard in Detroit. For details on the visit, see Wednesday’s press … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour: Detroit

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Russlynn Ali

This week we went to “ground zero” for our second stop on the listening and learning tour. We listened to a community hobbled by the decline of an industry that was once the engine of the city’s economy, a housing … Continue reading →

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Secretary Arne Duncan Takes Listening Tour to Detroit

Posted on May 13, 2009 by asmigiel

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is in Detroit today for his next stop on his listening tour on education reform. The secretary will be meeting with Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing, union leaders and district leaders. … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Tour

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Margot Rogers

One of the most important things we can do as policymakers is stay connected with the people who will be affected by the decisions we make.  Our first listening tour stop was a powerful reminder of the value of listening … Continue reading →

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Secretary Arne Duncan Takes Listening Tour Online, Invites Comments on Raising Standards

Posted on May 11, 2009 by kwinters

Last week I went to  Berkeley County, West Virginia, to begin an open, honest conversation about education reform. I wanted to hear ideas about how we can accomplish President Obama’s goal of providing every child in America a complete and … Continue reading →

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