Arne Duncan: “Closing schools is an absolute last resort.”

The goal here is not to reopen schools, the goal is to stay open.

The bad news is that we still have unacceptable opportunity gaps in America.

We cannot postpone providing every child with a world-class education.

This is not left versus right, R versus D. This is a threat to dismantle public education and higher education in our country. And we should all be very, very scared of what could happen here.