Lamar Alexander actually said...

It is serious business. I mean, we're talking about billions of dollars here, and we just don't have billions of dollars.

Emphasizing the financial seriousness of the project and budget constraints.

03/20/2012

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My bias is to go the other way, using as evidence most of what's happened in the last few years.

But as a country, you've just gone through a whole series of exercises where States have together created common standards, common curriculu...

It sounds like we're getting some distinction between career-ready and college-ready.

I am pleased with that answer.