Secretary Arne Duncan talks about how the Recovery Act is helping to save teacher jobs, encouraging schools to raise standards, and offering incentives for innovation through the "Race to the Top" fund.
Secretary Duncan talks about his background, the Administration's education priorities, ideas for No Child Left Behind changes, and the need for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Secretary Duncan made his first visit to a public high school since assuming office and used the occasion to urge swift passage of the stimulus legislation currently being considered by Congress.