a test case for the nation. >> school reform has to continue to move in d.c. the children deserve that. >> it was a referendum largely on school reform. >> the vast majority stopped them from progressing which it did. i'm a huge supporter of what the mayor did and when it's written a big chunk will be on his leadership. michelle has done a great, great job. moving forward, the children deserve much better. >> did the white house show any courage? they were silent. >> i stood repeatedly with the mayor and we invested $75 million and resores because the district is moving in the right direction. >> some would say the president and the political wing of the white house should have done more to try to save this experiment that now is in jeopardy. >> for will be hard and tough, but the d.c. school children deserve so much more than what they got for decades. all of us have to work to ensure that happens.