Arne Duncan Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• It's fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming from sort of white suburban moms who, all of a sudden, their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, their schools aren't quite as good as they thought they were. And that's pretty scary.

  Arne Duncan

  Mom, Children, School

  "Duncan Apologizes For 'Clumsy' Common Core Remarks". "All Things Considered" with Eric Westervelt, www.npr.org. Eric Westervelt.

• I just think we can't do enough of this [student exchanges]... And when you get young children traveling internationally, I think they come back different people. And you can't put a price tag - you can't put a value on that.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Thinking, Price Tag

• Research shows that children do better in school and are less likely to drop out when fathers are involved. Engaged parents can strengthen communities, mentor and tutor students, and demonstrate through their actions how much they value their children's education.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Father, School

  "My Most Important Job" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.

• Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Growing Up, Father

  "My Most Important Job" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 18, 2012.

• When I ask teachers why they teach, they almost always say that it is because they want to make a difference in the lives of children.

  Arne Duncan

  Teacher, Children, Differences

  "Ask the Teachers" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2012.

• Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Want, Way

• Far too many of our children today, our students, need remedial education. We have been lying to them. They're not really ready for college. That's not higher education's fault. That's our fault K-12.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Lying, College

• We need to lengthen the school day. We need to lengthen the school year. Our calendar is based upon the agrarian economy. Children in India and China are going to school 25, 30, 35 more days a year. They're just working harder than us. So, we need more time, particularly for disadvantaged children, who aren't getting those supports at home.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Home, School

• If children are hungry, they need to be fed. It's hard to learn if your stomach is growling. We need to take that on. If students can't see the blackboard, need eyeglasses, we need to do that. If students need a social worker or counselor to work through the challenges they're facing at home in the community, we need to do that.

  Arne Duncan

  Children, Home, Community

• This is a devastating problem, is, the longer our children are in school, the worse they do. Year after year after year, our children in America are falling further behind. Our 3- and 4-year-olds enter kindergarten OK, and they fall further and further behind. Each year, children in other countries are learning more than children in this country. And so the gap between American student performance in Singapore and Finland and South Korea and Canada and these other countries, the gap widens year after year after year.

  Arne Duncan

  Country, Children, Fall

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