Congress took a potentially transformative step when it devoted $100 billion in the stimulus package to education?the money could revive the reform efforts that began promisingly with President Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act of 2002. Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education, joins John with details on how the dollars will be spent.
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