"I am pleased that your budget proposal has some significant increases in Pell grants, teacher quality, State grants, school leadership for principals, and literacy efforts."
"I am proud that our work together to pass a strong Recovery package is beginning to help States like Washington keep more teachers in their jobs."
"I share President Obama's goals, and as a long-time advocate for job training and education programs for our workers, I am glad to have a strong partner in the White House."
"I think the community colleges play a huge role in this, sort of, trajectory of education continuum."
"I think we have to bridge that gap and as I told you, I will be shortly introducing legislation, again, to bring together all the players."
"Now this administration often has stressed to us the importance to implementing reforms that we know and can prove are effective."
"I am more interested in what I call the opportunity gap, of how we get the best and brightest educators."
"I look forward to further conversations with you on that."
"My concern is that the program that goes out to the States, so it sounds good when you say it to us, I just want to know how it's going to be implemented?"
"the only way this works is when you do it in collaboration."
"I know that a strong, sustained investment in Head Start is the only way that this program can continue to be effective."
"My position is really clear, and the administration is going to have to expect it to remain consistent, because that's what I want for these budgets."