Duncan Apologizes for Katrina Remarks
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan apologized on a morning news program today for remarks he made during a recent television interview that “the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina.”
“It was a dumb thing to say,” Mr. Duncan said on the “Morning Joe” show broadcast by MSNBC.
Mr. Duncan had said in an interview , shown Jan. 31 on the TV One cable show “Washington Watch With Roland Martin,” that the education system in New Orleans before the storm...
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Correction:
An earlier version of this story misstated Roslyn Johnson Smith’s position in the New Orleans school system when Hurricane Katrina struck. She was a regional administrator at that time.
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