Arts and Humanities are essential, says Arne Duncan--Sue Blanchette

As we prepare to descend on DC for the NCSS conference, take a look at this latest statement concerning one of our key note speakers, Sec. of Education Arne Duncan. He is coming out as a strong supporter of history, geography and civics as a part of the core curriculum. Let's hold him to that as NCLB gets put under the microscope. [http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/arne-duncan-arts-and-humanities-are-essential/] Another interesting development comes from Sen Rand Paul, who called for --> Read More