Philanthropist and UW-Madison join to develop new-generation leaders

The Grand Strategy Program is a new multi-course curriculum that traces U.S. foreign policy since 1901 to provide a foundation for interdisciplinary study, strategic problem-solving and leadership in a changing global landscape.

U.S. Effort to Reshape Schools Faces Challenges

CHICAGO — As chief executive of the Chicago public schools, Arne Duncan closed more than a dozen of the city’s worst schools, reopening them with new principals and teachers. People who worked with him, and some who fought him, say those school turnarounds were worth the effort, but all aroused intense opposition.