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Education Secretary Duncan calls for reform in training teachers

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visited Columbia Teachers College on Thursday.

By Sarah Darville • October 23, 2009 at 11:08 AM

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at Columbia Teachers College Thursday morning about the need to better prepare teachers and invest federal funding in the nation’s public schools. He hopes to train a million qualified teachers by 2014.