Select the correct answer. Read the excerpt from a speech by US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. What is the speech’s purpose?

A.
to inform the country what students are learning in their local schools
B.
to gain support for a law that would improve student achievement
C.
to explain the roles of teachers in creating a better learning environment
D.
to support a law that requires children to begin learning at a very young age

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