Arne Duncan on Charlie Rose

[TMV821]

Acacemic enrichment is not "teaching to the test" for 12 hours a day. Its about becoming a safe haven with opportunities for maximizing each child's potential by providing resources that individual families alone cannot provide. Then we come together as a community, the synergy created by what we each can bring to the table is incredible. When you have a positive (and diversified) support system, anything is possible.

[brownshawn1]

Having family cultural nights where families can come and share in their rich cultural history with the community. There is a lot of research out there that show when the youth and families are engaged in programming like this, it benefits the family, the student, his/her grades and their motivation to learn and better themselves.

[brownshawn1]

If you listened to what he is saying, he is not talking about the students being in an academic classroom for 12 hours, he is talking about being a resource to the community for those hours. Having parent education programs in the evening running at the same time as sports leagues for youth so families will know where there students are.

[Reformation1517]

If the brainwashing at the Secular Youth Propaganda Camps wasn't bad enough, this Politiburo Chief of Education wants it to be seven days a week, twelve hours a day!

[cryout2Him]

Sounds similar to Communism. :(

[mac4ever60]

effeminate bureaucratic ideologue; he's right, you're a yokel. Welcome to formalizing of the Nanny State.

I like the "money I spent," line: Gee, where did all of your money come from, Poindexter? Same dumb yokels who don't know how to raise kids.

Accountability? Yeah, that's what I'd call cradle-to-grave dependency. When you hear "social justice" from a powder poofter like this guy, run... fast. His justice is dressy Johnny up in a Raggedy Anne costume with a button on the back-side.

[spine401]

What a bureaucratic douchebag. Lets just destroy the family even more so we the state can brain wash your kids.

[clim3]

How is this the state brainwashing kids? It's community organizations and institutions being granted a facility so that their resources can be better accessed by the members of the community. This idea looks to integrate parental and community involvement; hardly destroying the family.

People like you always go back to the "Big Brother" argument because you have no rational argument. You go on the fear factor, rather than true reasoning. Please educate yourself.

[gangstersqu1rrel]

goddamn yall are stupid. this wont help, it will make it worse cuz we will get bored and say "screw this im not doin it"

[MySonHasAutism]

The reality is that students with Autism had no after school programs at Chicago Public Schools when you were here in Chicago, and now since you went to Washington.