President Obama Makes a Surprise Visit to Chiefs

This from Politics K-12:

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan got upstaged by his boss this morning.

Politics K-12's Michele, who is over at the Council of Chief State School Officers legislative conference, just called in to tell me President Barack Obama made a surprise stop-over at their conference here in Washington. He gave a quick pep-talk on the importance of higher standards and also said something about "less paperwork."

After he "hitched a ride with Arne Duncan" the president said,

"I figured I'd stop by and see what all the folks are up to in the states," he said. "My main message to you is to see us as resource."