Education Secretary Celebrates Citizen Schools

On May 19th, 2010, twenty-nine Citizen Schools Teaching Fellows recieved their Master's in Education from Lesley University. During his commencement address, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan celebrated Citizen Schools, saying, "That work is close to my heart." He referenced our Lesley partnership to develop the first master's degree program in out-of-school time as one of the top innovations in the school's 100-year history.