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Transcripts For CSPAN Newsmakers 20110821



[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] coming up on newsmakers, our guest is education secretary arne duncan. after that, a conversation with hillary clinton and leon panetta. following that, a critical look at the effect of politics on foreign policy. 2, aay on c-span t discussion and early education and the head start program. from the director of headstart, hosted by the brookings institution, the discussion gets under way to live at 9:00 a.m. eastern. for politics and public affairs, nonfiction books and american history, it is the c- span network available to you on television, radio, online, and on social media sites. and we are on the road with our c-span digital bus and local content vehicles, bringing our resources to local communities and showing events from around the community. it is washington your way. c-span, created by cable, provided as a public service. arne duncan is the u.s. secretary of education and he returns to newsmake ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Newsmakers 20110821



arne duncan is the u.s. secretary of education and he returns to newsmakers this week as millions of americans return to the classroom. thank you for being with us. allyson klein is the education week staff writer. greg campeau is the national k- 12 education writer for usa today. allyson, let s start with you. you said that you are going to offer states exemptions from the no child left behind in exchange for certain conditions. you of not said what they are. we believe that the law in its current form is broken. it is way too punitive, lots of ways to fail, and no rewards for success. it is very punitive, very top down from washington and it has led to a dumbing down of standards. the law of the land has some money has so many disincentives and that does not make sense to me. what we re going to do is do creative and invented things around principal and evaluation support. we want to give them a lot more flexibility. we re focused on doing the right thing, s ....

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