U.S. schools chief seeks big changes, has money to spend

By Emily Richmond (contact)

Sunday, Aug. 30, 2009 | 2 a.m.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan
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Arne Duncan, appointed by President Barack Obama to be his secretary of education, knows he better do something about the state of public schools.

His predecessors had less than $20 million in discretionary funding to help the nation’s struggling public schools. Duncan has $10 billion.

“Unprecedented resources need to come with unprecedented reform,â€