Arne Duncan: “Anytime we cut back investments in this new vision of education, that hurts our country.”

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.

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

Trump has broken that department. He's broken FSA, he's broken the Department of Education. And if something goes wrong, I desperately hope it doesn't happen. But if something goes wrong this fall with young people going back to college…

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