What are the Department of Education's priorities?

On Friday, April 15, US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke at the 2011 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) annual meeting. The nation's number one advocate for education summarized the Department of Education's priorities and its blueprint for the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind), as well as the need for programs like Race to the Top.
Curious about these priorities and how they will affect your district and school in the next several years? Watch the Secretary's presentation to find out more (you'll have to scroll down a bit).