Katherine Clark actually said...

"I strongly believe the Federal Government is responsible for providing educational equity and strong guardrails to protect the civil rights of all students."

"I am glad this committee is continuing its work to make sure that the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act delivers on the goal of Congress in providing State and local education agencies ..."

"I think make great progress in developing the trauma-informed practices, which I am hopeful are going to be able to reduce suspension and expulsion that we are seeing in early education and child care..."

"It bears repeating that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is really a civil rights law."