To be clear, we the Department of Education want curriculum to be driven by the local level. We are by law prohibited from directing curriculum. We don't have a curriculum department.

I think it's my job to tell the truth.

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight.

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

Almost 24 million children - one in three - are likely growing up without their father involved in their lives.

Even in a time of fiscal austerity, education is more than just an expense.

There's so much that we're doing wrong today. And studies show we're one of three countries that doesn't invest more in disadvantaged communities.