U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today said his department would push for policies promoting equity in the schools for poor and minority students, in particular announcing plans for an Equity and Excellence Commission to promote fiscal equity among schools. “In so many ways, our reform agenda is all about equity,” Duncan said in an address to a conference marking the 100th anniversary of the National Urban League, according to an Education Department release .
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