I don't think a gay high school is a good idea at all. It brings up the "separate but equal" argument again and we all know from history and experience that separate is definitely not equal. Plus in segregating the gay youth from everyone else only helps fuel homophobia. Singling gays out for their own high school in their teen years may very well saddle them with 2nd class citizenship as adults. We need to work on courses for everyone in acceptance – acceptance of gays, etc. and acceptance of people in general who are not mirrors of ourselves. That prepares everyone better for the real world – where there is no segregation for gays. I don't think this is a way to solve anything. We all need to learn to accept the diversity of people around us and to rejoice in it.

Good! Instead of this insane teaching-to-the-test, he's for giving students the opportunity to learn programs they want in an environment they feel safe in. I would have preferred a high-school that supported arts and alternative learning methods over the severely lacking 'education' I supposedly got.

Duncan pushed for a gay high school!? WHY? Can they not go to school like regular people or are we going backwards to the segregation times? How ridiculous!?

Cindy...Ga.

I have mixed feelings on this. I think all kids need to figure out how to work with others in the world. Schools can be a microcosm of society in general and teach life skills that have far reaching effects beyond what is learned in academia. That's the ideal. And with NCLB, most school teachers are lucky if they can teach Susie how to pass her high stakes test so her school won't lose dollars. Hey, we teach the tests in public education these days instead of kids. Who hasn't gotten the memo in eight years? Because school teachers don't teach life skills anymore, apparently parents and guardians don't, and marginalized kids are left to figure it out on their own, this school for GLBT kids sounds like an awesome idea. My baby cousin offed himself at 19 because being gay was something he couldn't handle. I think maybe had he been given a safe haven for four years and known he was o.k. the way God made him, he might be here today. Oh the horrors of an education secretary who is forward thinking. What will Americans do?

“I think there is a niche there we need to fill.” – David, that statement says it all quite plainly.

Every child in this democracy is deserving of a decent education in a safe and productive environment. Every child. No matter if they are poor, or well to do, black, hispanic, asian, or white. Every child is not a difficult concept. All means all.

Why does this proposal make Arne a loose cannon liberal? He is simply fighting for the rights of every child. It really is that simple.

Everyone needs to feel safe, especially in high school, creating a school like this would set a national example of equality for everyone, as a nation we need to start to focusing on our similarities and stop making a big deal out of our differences.

k, i dont see anything wrong with it if it is done for the safety of the kids. however, i do think it goes against gay rights. its like segregation all over again. but i dont think anything is wrong if the man put an idea out there in an attempt to help or accomodate people in some way.