Arne Duncan: “In many, many states around the country we have been lying to children and lying to families.”

We should be ashamed of ourselves.

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

This is absolutely an investment, not an expense.

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.