Arne Duncan Calls for ‘Demanding Parents,’ in NAACP Talk
The U.S. has a shortage of demanding parents.
So says Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, speaking today in Washington, D.C. at the release of the NAACP’s blueprint for education reform called, “Finding Our Way Back to First: Reclaiming World Leadership by Educating All America’s Children.”
“One of the countries out-educating us by every measure is South Korea,” Duncan said, explaining that when President Barack Obama meets the President of South Korea, Obama routinely asks, “What’s your biggest educational challenge?”
The answer from Lee Myung-bak is this: “My parents are too demanding. Even my poorest parents demand a world class education,” according to Duncan.
