Dive Summary:
- During a week of conjecture over the makeup of President Obama's second term cabinet, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan intimated on Friday that he would stay on.
- Duncan provided a "mini-preview" of the administration's second term education agenda, stating that they would continue to push forward with the reforms they started in the first term, including administering Race To The Top grants to cash-strapped school districts in the face of the impending fiscal cliff and keeping No Child Left Behind waivers on the table.
- While Duncan had previously confirmed he intended to stay for a second term if Obama wanted him to back in September 2011, the White House has yet to make an official announcement; the former Washington, D.C. public schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has been touted as a possible, albeit controversial, replacement should Duncan leave.
From the article:
"After a week of speculation about the composition of President Barack Obama's second-term cabinet, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan implied in a Friday speech that he intends to stay in his position.
'Let me, first, sketch the outlines, or provide a mini-preview, of a second-term education agenda,' Duncan told state education leaders at the Council of Chief State School Officers conference in Atlanta, according to prepared remarks provided to The Huffington Post. ..."
