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.

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.

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.

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

My understanding is that Kansas, Massachusetts, they’ve been more pioneers on the special education side.

I think it’d be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.

In Connecticut, my understanding, although I haven’t seen the actual litigation, is that they want to measure every other year and not provide annual assessment as is required in the statute.

And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it’s an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality.

We want to obviously foster a relationship that we’re a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we’re practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they’re talking about.

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