To say you have to spend money in this way, that prices are fixed, just simply didn't make sense.
Arne Duncan: “To say you have to spend money in this way, that prices are fixed, just simply didn't make sense.”
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Duncan criticizes rigid spending requirements for educational funds.
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We should not be in this situation. No teacher, no child, no parent deserves this. The truth is the vast majority of kids around the country cannot go to physical school because it is not safe to do so.
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 absence of leadership at the federal level has had a devastating impact on kids' education in the spring, and now going into the fall and that hasn't changed.
You can never say what Trump won't do. I hope he's telling the truth, that they won't touch those funds, but you honestly never know with him.