In Selma, Alabama, on the 45th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," Secretary Duncan spoke about impediments to equal educational opportunity and the administration's intentions to work with schools and postsecondary institutions to address them.

Secretary Arne Duncan announced finalists for Phase 1 of the Race to the Top Competition. Winners will be announced in April.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary Duncan celebrated "Read Across America Day" with nearly 300 children at the Library of Congress.

President Obama praised governors for bipartisan work to raise academic standards and announced new efforts to promote college- and career-ready standards in the reauthorization of ESEA.