Arne Duncan: “The Federal government has to step up now and do that.”

I wanted to be held accountable for results, but I wanted the flexibility to spend that money as I saw fit.

I want to thank Senator Alexander and Senator Murray for their good faith bipartisan work to try to fix the broken No Child Left Behind.

To say you have to spend money in this way, that prices are fixed, just simply didn't make sense.

We are very intentionally targeting in these competitions those areas of the greatest need, not of the greatest grant writers, not of the greatest wealth.