Duncan to say colleges have done `` mediocre job '' of preparing teachers . Columbia University secretary to speak January at U.S. Education . Prepared remarks : Universities divert profits from education schools . According to advanced quotes released by the U.S. Department of Education , he will say that `` schools , colleges and departments of education are doing a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the realities of the 21st-century classroom . '' Colleges do little to invest in educational research , Arne Duncan expected to say .
Duncan to say colleges have done `` mediocre job '' of preparing teachers . Columbia University secretary to speak January at U.S. Education . Prepared remarks : Universities divert profits from education schools . Colleges do little to invest in educational research , Arne Duncan expected to say .