I shouldn´t be talking about the details that I´m in negotiations with the White House and the (Capitol) Hill on, ... As soon as I can talk about it, I want to talk about it.

I shouldn't be talking about the details that I'm in negotiations with the White House and the (Capitol) Hill on, ... As soon as I can talk about it, I want to talk about it.

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.

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.

And I think that's righteous, I think that's what parents want to know. They want to know what's going right in the school, and what needs improvement, and that's what this law does.

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.