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Education runs on lies. That’s probably not what you’d expect from a former Secretary of Education, but it’s the truth.” Join us for this fireside chat with Arne Duncan to talk about the focus of his work and how technology can help drive success in schools.
Threatening to president trump speaks volumes. >> so you like the idea of somebody from the outside saying that the public school system is broken and that one person is going to make the difference here? >> it's not saying the public system is broken. it's trying to create another great option. i was very lucky going back 20 years ago to help start a private public school where they weren't great school options. that school 20 years later is one of the highest performing elementary schools in the nation. seeing lebron, other people step up and do similar things to what we did, we can't do eno...
Former education secretary under president obama. so what does he mean by that? let's find out. we're joined now by arne duncan, author of "how schools work" an inside account of failure and success from one of the nation's longest serving secretaries of education. great to see you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. you start your book with a bang and here are the lies we all tell ourselves. we value education. we value teachers. we value kids. how are those lies? >> we say we value education. that's the platitude, none of us vote on education. we don't hold politics accountable for raisi...