Arne Duncan

Just as video images of Bull Connor unleashing dogs & turning fire hoses on innocent people shocked our consciousness & turned the tide against racist leaders, I wonder if the video of ICE murdering an innocent woman will also turn the tide against Trump’s racism and violence?

I’m thrilled to announce years of hard work have finally resulted in language being placed into law to boost early literacy in PA.

I am no longer going to use this platform. If you want to, you can follow me @arneduncan.bsky. social Thank you for everything you all have done to teach me, stretch me, challenge me and support me! I am forever grateful that you allowed me to be a part of your lives- thank you.

I wonder how Kevin McCarthy is feeling about Matt Gaetz being Trump’s AG selection, and whether all his loyalty to Trump was worth it…

The two common threads, & strategy, behind many of Trump’s choices to serve in his Cabinet: Undying fealty to Trump, & making sure the 🦊 is guarding the 🐔 coop, so in each case it’s impossible they can get changed for their past criminal activities The inmates are in charge

"This is not what parents want." Republicans are lining up behind Trump's pledge to transform U.S. classrooms – and even dismantle the Department of Education. Former Secretary of Education @arneduncan joins the @11thHour to discuss.

⁦@ChicagoCred⁩ the only way we get better, the only way we become more effective at saving lives & reducing violence, is by challenging each other, challenging every strategy, and holding ourselves accountable for results. Best team I’ve ever been on, & that’s saying a lot!

You win elections by building trust You build trust by countering misinformation You counter misinformation not just by what you say, but by the work you do The work must be in communities- in the trenches That work must be done not Election Day, not election year, but every day

Lots of reasons for the vote: Incumbents are unpopular! Biden had a low approval rating! Harris did this or didn't do that! Etc., etc. I don't quarrel with the analyses. But to understand is not to excuse. No excuse for the American people voting to make Trump president again.

Bill is exactly right. There are plenty of micro-explanations and micro-excuses for what happened in the presidential election of 2024. And on the margins, any number of them—indeed, almost certainly, a combination of them—made the difference. But their impact was only on the margins. Don’t get me wrong—small margins and the factors that move them do matter, a lot, in elections—particularly in America in the 21st century. They deserve careful analysis, but only to a point. For the bottom line is that these considerations are not what we must focus on first and foremost today. What deserves the lion’s share of our attention are the facts that a major political party could have even considered nominating Trump despite his manifest criminality, moral depravity, psychological derangement, and cognitive deficiencies and deterioration—and that nearly half the country would have voted for him no matter what he did or said and no matter whom he had run against. That was the ultimate problem in this election, and remains so. We suffer from a deep sickness in our national polity. Far above all else, before it’s too late, thoughtful Americans of good faith must work together to confront, to better comprehend, and to ultimately address that grave and metastasizing ailment if our great experiment in self-governance is to survive. Scapegoating and blame-assigning about anything else serves no end but to diminish our chances of overcoming our profound national moral crisis.

Grieve, process and feel whatever you feel: anger, fear, loss, disbelief, disappointment, sadness, terror, etc. But, please don’t just internalize your feelings, and keep them bottled up. They want us separated and isolated- that creates hopelessness. Stay connected to people!

@arneduncan Book club!

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@arneduncan I will remind folks again that Hitler rose to power with 1/3 of voters in Germany with a message on inflation, etc. The voters in Germany, as well as the media and many politicians, paid attention too late to the threat he was to their democracy..

It breaks my heart that this is who we are, the values we seem to care about, the example we set for our children, and how we view our leadership in the world.

@HowardU A joy, pride and set of emotions I can’t begin to describe. Just so lucky to be able to witness history being made a second time…

@HowardU A joy, pride and set of emotions I can’t begin to describe. Just so lucky to be able to witness history being made a second time…

@arneduncan Hopefully the 9 year nightmare is almost over!

Real satisfaction in life never comes from doing easy things. It comes from doing really hard, really important things, & doing them together! I hate what our country is going through, but it has truly been the privilege of a lifetime to work for this victory with all of you!

Great teammates is always what it’s all about, on and off the court. And, you are on of the best!