Miguel Cardona actually said...

"the simplification process is critically important, but the reality is we walked into a system that doesn't have the capacity."

"I will add that as we rolled out the American Rescue Plan, we required States to provide transparent reports on how they were going to use the money."

"the opportunity gaps and achievement disparities and outcomes are significant, so much so that I have been an educator for over 20 years, it has almost become normalized."

"we can't get to equalizing the playing field if the resources are not being used where they are supposed to."