Friday, June 19, 2009

Duncan praises state's education reforms

Tribune:
Speaking in Chicago today, Education Secretary Arne Duncan praised progress made toward reforming Illinois education since an April visit here when he scolded the state for its lack of past action.

"I was probably a little tough in my comments to Illinois," he said at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. "Since that time, there's been some absolutely remarkable progress I would not have predicted."

Duncan pointed to the recent move by state lawmakers to double the number of charter schools allowed in the state, efforts to create new data systems to track performance and discussions underway to boost state standards.

The former head of Chicago Public Schools made his remarks at a conference sponsored by Advance Illinois, a bipartisan reform group led by former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar and Bill Daley, the former U.S. commerce secretary and mayoral brother.

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