07/22/2009
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"The District's dropout rate is less than 50 percent, and it is a tragedy in the country that 50 percent of the kids in the urban districts are dropping out of school."
"It has been an unfunded mandate and something that you can argue and say that you definitely--it is a Federal responsibility and one that we should meet."
"I think one of the areas that we really are failing in--and the Title I money, are you using any of that Title I money for pre-school?"
"I have a unique appreciation for the perspectives of State and local officials as we contemplate national policy."