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Title: Arne Duncan: 'I Feel Very, Very Badly' for Kids in Rick Perry's Texas Schools
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ABC News
URL Source: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp ... rick-perrys-texas-schools.html
Published: Aug 18, 2011
Author: ABC News
Post Date: 2011-08-18 16:57:41 by go65
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Views: 1180
Comments: 3
Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan has taken aim at Texas Gov. Rick Perry for what he describes as the abysmal quality of education in the state’s public schools. “Far too few of their high school graduates are actually prepared to go on to college," Duncan tells Bloomberg TV’s Al Hunt of Texas in an interview set to air tomorrow. "I feel very, very badly for the children there." Texas ranks 43rd among states for high school graduation rate, according to the Legislative Budget Board’s 2010 Texas Fact Book. Slightly more than 61 percent of students graduate each year. “You have seen massive increases in class size. You’ve seen cutbacks in funding. It doesn’t serve the children well. It doesn’t serve the state well. It doesn’t serve the state’s economy well. And ultimately it hurts the country,” he says. Duncan attributes the conditions to Perry’s policies during his decade-long tenure as governor, including a more-than-$4-billion cut to public school funding in the state’s most recent budget.
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#1. To: go65 (#0)
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Graduation rate for Chicago -- 47% Does that dumbass feel sorry for those students?
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Duncan should be forced to explain that remark considering Texas has one of the best economies going.
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Slightly more than 61 percent of students graduate each year.
#2. To: go65 (#0)
It doesn’t serve the state’s economy well.
#3. To: Thunderbird (#2)
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Duncan should be forced to explain that remark considering Texas has one of the best economies going.
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