Now that we've got a good system in place, the hope is that student achievement will follow suit.

We're not saying let's make everything easier. There will be the need for a new test because of the new standards, but they have not been reduced in difficulty.

There are too many things being legislated that should be left up to the DOE.

It seems like every time we take a step forward, others take a step forward, also -- maybe two steps.

We can't hand out the food free, much of it is very heavily federally subsidized and provided through federal food sources, and we have to account for that.

For many of them there's a limit, and that limit is something that normally isn't reached until there's been a lot of communication with the parent, and a lot of request to repay the loan, and the loans just simply aren't repaid.