MSNBC: Arne Duncan reflects on ‘white suburban moms’ comment

Published November 21, 2013 5:00am ET



Education Secretary Arne Duncan reflected on his recent comment about “white suburban moms” opposing educational reforms on Thursday’s Morning Joe.

“My wording was clumsy and I apologize for it,” he said. “My message was very, very simple: When you raise standards, that’s a challenging thing. I was challenging state school chief officers to do a better job of articulating why raising standards is the right thing for all children,” he said.

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