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Race to the Top, the U.S. Education Department's $4.35 billion contest, is getting personal.The competition this year opens $400 million in grant money to school districts -- and not states, like in previous rounds -- with a focus on "personalized learning," U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan will announce Tuesday. "With this competition, we are inviting districts to show us how they can p...

The North Carolina same-sex marriage ban is right up there with the worst kind of discrimination, said DNC host committee co-chair Jim Rogers, reflecting on the constitutional amendment that passed in his home state this week. "We'll look back with a clearer majority in the future, that this is exactly what it is," Rogers told POLITICO on Thursday. "We'll be as embarrassed of this Jim Crow law ...

WOOO HoOoO!!!! Eric McCormack asked, "who ELSE is gonna step up," when thanking Joe Biden for publicly supporting same-sex marriage and we do believe he already has his answer. The U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has, for the first time ever, publicly announced his support for the cause. While appearing on Monday's Morning Joe, he was asked [...]

When asked about his views on same-sex marriage, Vice President Biden said he is “absolutely comfortable” with men marrying men and women marrying women. When Education Secretary Arne Duncan was asked Monday whether he thinks that same-sex couples should be able to marry, he said, “Yes, I do.” Read full article >>

US president Barack Obama’s secretary of education, Arne Duncan, has become the latest administration official to declare support for same-sex marriage, going beyond the president’s “evolving” views on the issue.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan stepped forward Monday to express his official support for same-sex marriage on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, pictured, said he supported gay marriage on Monday putting him in possible conflict with Obama, who says his position on the matter is evolving.

Education secretary Arne Duncan joins vice-president Joe Biden in support for gay marriage. Follow live US coverage here11am: David Axelrod's conference call seems to have ended in disarray but there were some juicy titbits, especially on the size of the ad buy that the Obama campaign is preparing for the latest ad – featured below – which the Obama campaign is boosting as "pos...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said he supports gay marriage, putting him in possible conflict with Obama.

Fifty years ago college was a luxury. Back then, you could still graduate from high school and get a good paying job that would guarantee...

Four California schools were recognized Monday by the U.S. Department of Education for their efforts in creating a “green” environment on their campuses. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the first-ever list of 78 schools, now recognized as “Green Ribbon Schools,” during a visit to an elementary school in Washington, D.C. Among the schools listed were Longfellow Elementary Schoo...

Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently appeared on a panel with Michelle Rhee, the former head of the same Washington school district that his department is now investigating.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Arne Duncan credits the NCAA for picking up the pace to fix college sports. He just believes more needs to be done in 2012 -- perhaps even more quickly....