Duncan Discusses Education Reform On NPR

NPR (1/10, Martin) broadcast an interview with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on its "Tell Me More" program during which he discussed the potential for bipartisan collaboration on education policy issues. Duncan is quoted saying that education "is the civil rights issue of our generation. The dividing line in my mind today is much less around race and class than it is around educational opportunity. It's also a national security issue. So whichever lens you look at it, you know, it's a civil rights issue, as one of an economic comparative or one of national security, we have to drive a huge amount of change and reform and help lead the country where we need to go and we cannot afford to wait."