Duncan hosted a town hall meeting at a Newark youth and employment center to talk about the Department of Education’s TEACH Campaign, which provides educational materials, information and job listings to encourage people to pursue teaching jobs in underserved areas. One of the primary objectives is to get more Black and Hispanic teachers especially men into the schools.
“I see this as the civil rights issue of our generation,” Duncan said, arguing that he was optimistic that even “the poorest kid, from the toughest community from the most dysfunctional family” can thrive when given a good education.
