Quote of the day: 'These kids have one shot at second grade'

"I think that you can’t use other excuses like the economy to put off doing what’s right for kids. These kids have one shot at second grade. They’re not going to be there again, and if we say, 'Sorry, we didn’t have time to pay attention to you until you were out of college,' then we have done a tremendous disservice to these kids." --Joanne Weiss, chief-of-staff to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan