Arne Duncan: “We have to educate our way to a better economy. That is the only way we are going to get there.”

You can lie to parents about a lot of things, but if you start taking away opportunities from their children, you better watch out.

What the White House needs to do is invest in public education, at this time, a critical need.

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.

The goal is not to reopen schools, the goal is to keep schools open. Do it slowly, gradually, thoughtfully, carefully.