What You Missed: The State of the Union and Education

Yesterday, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan sat down with mtvU, BabyCenter.com, PBSTeachers.org, and GOOD.is to answer quesitons from their readers about education and the President's State of the Union Address. Check out the full video or use the links below to jump to your favorite questions.

• What is the Department of Education doing to help reduce the impact of state budget cuts to higher education?
• How is the President's new education plan different from and better than No Child Left Behind?
• How can we sustain the role of arts education in light of budget cuts to education?
• What could be the role of non-profits, businesses, and private citizens in improving local schools?
• How does merit pay affect teachers who work with high-risk or low-performance students?
• What can teachers, paretns, and administrators do to reduce bullying?
• What do you see as being a proper role for the federal government in setting standards and curricula?
• With the increased prevalence of standardized tests, how do we continue to encourage and develop critical thinking?
• For parents whose children are stuck in underperforming schools, what sorts of choice will be available?
• How did the cost of college get so high, and what's being done to bring those costs back down?
• In an era of technology, why are we continuing to spend so much money on textbooks? When and how will this change?
• What is the plan for addressing the decline of vocational and technical education?
• How will the President increase the availability of pre-school and early childhood education?
• What are the President's expectations for the state of American education in the coming years?
• How can the Department of Education increase public awareness of college financial aid options?
• What is the current state of community service as a part of education, and what do you see its future being?