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Education Sec'y Arne Duncan on ways to stop 'school-to-prison pipeline'

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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced a new federal designation for north Minneapolis on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. As a ''Promise Zone,'' the neighborhood won't get money up front, but will be given preference when applying for federal grants.
Tim Post | MPR News

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced at the National Press Club Wednesday a major effort to improve opportunity for all children, to stop the "school to prison pipeline." Duncan says institutional racism and class inequality is one of the "hardest conversations to have in education," but it's the most important.