Arne Duncan: “if we are serious about closing the achievement gap, we have to close what I call the opportunity gap.”

This is not left versus right, R versus D. This is a threat to dismantle public education and higher education in our country. And we should all be very, very scared of what could happen here.

Absolutely. It is a fantastic program. We are asking for a budget increase there.

We cannot postpone providing every child with a world-class education.

The absence of leadership at the federal level has had a devastating impact on kids' education in the spring, and now going into the fall and that hasn't changed.