Lisa Murkowski actually said...

The proposed solution to both is simply to provide greater flexibility to States and districts to spend Federal funds in ways that best supp...

I believe there must be both rigorous academic standards and expectations in each State, and an accountability system that is reasonably rel...

States should deliver on student achievement, and Federal funds awarded should in part be predicated on demonstrated student outcomes.

The Federal role should be to ensure high standards in each State (but not dictate what those standards should be).