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Arne Duncan’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ to do for His Attack on Rick Perry | Scathing Purple Musings

Arne Duncan’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ to do for His Attack on Rick Perry | Scathing Purple Musings

Arne Duncan’s Got Some ‘Splainin’ to Do for His Attack on Rick Perry

This week, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan blasted the performance of Texas schools while Rick Perry has been governor. Hot Air’s Tina Korbe provided this link to Duncan’s interview with Bloomberg News’ Al Hunt:

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Texas’s school system “has really struggled” under Governor Rick Perry, a Republican candidate for president, and the state’s substandard schools do a disservice to children.

“Far too few of their high school graduates are actually prepared to go on to college,” Duncan said on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital With Al Hunt” airing tonight and tomorrow. “I feel very,