"One of the results of No Child Left Behind... is that... the first teachers to go... is usually the art teacher or the music teacher or the phys ed teacher."
"We have it in Iowa and a few other States, and we have been funding it. All of the indications are that it has been a great success."
"Can you give us some specificity as to how we can make college opportunity more affordable for the young people of America so that more of them can go to college and so that more of them will not leav..."
"How we progress as a country and how we are going to maintain our standard of living, our way of life, and provide for equality of opportunity for all our kids really comes down to what kind of educat..."
"Thank you very much."
"We are in the business of educating kids and not letting them play on monkey bars."
"You have a big job ahead of you. I don't think there is any Secretary whose decisions, whose statements, public posture has more effect on the American people intimately than yours."
"The Secretary of Education, along with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, they have the task of defining America, who we are and what we are as a people and how we progress and what kind of s..."
"Working men and women in this country are facing tougher economic times than we've seen in our lifetimes."
"I look forward to working with you and to, hopefully, making the Department of Labor a true department of labor."
"Sixty-three percent of people with disabilities are unemployed. That is shocking."