Arne Duncan: “You can lie to parents about a lot of things, but if you start taking away opportunities from their children, you better…”

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.

Had we done what we needed to do in March, in April, in May and June, we wouldn't be talking about can we open schools? This was a natural disaster. It became a man-made catastrophe.

The bad news is that we still have unacceptable opportunity gaps in America.

Our international competitors are not making the mistake of disinvesting in education.