We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.

What we know is the workplace is more demanding than ever before.

If all you ever do is all you've ever done, then all you'll ever get is all you've ever got.

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach.

But the other notion is, we also believe that those folks closest on the ground that we're holding accountable for the results can decide, and ought to evaluate which programs get results.

I think all kinds of parents are different in what they're seeking.