Arne Duncan

They're trying to have it both ways. So they're bending to the pressure, the political pressure that they're feeling from him.

The goal here is not to reopen schools, the goal is to stay open.

The best way we can get kids back into a physical school is to beat down this virus in our local communities.

Had we done what we needed to do in March, in April, in May and June, we wouldn't be talking about can we open schools? This was a natural disaster. It became a man-made catastrophe.

President Trump has zero power here. Governors basically have zero power.

Well, what's happening is people aren't paying any attention to President Trump's bluff and bluster and threats and bullying.

This is absolutely an investment, not an expense.

We should think about leading the world in access to high-quality early learning.

Our request includes a $1 billion increase for Title I to help close resource and equity gaps.

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.

We should be ashamed of ourselves.

Our budget includes $75 billion in mandatory funding to work with States to make voluntary preschool available to all low- and moderate-income 4-year-olds.