FILE - In thie June 20, 2013, file photo, Education Secretary Arne Duncan visits with young students at the St. Benedict Center for Early Childhood Education in Louisville, Ky. Tens of thousands more Americans babies, toddlers and preschoolers would be eligible for early childhood programs under a budget deal reached by lawmakers that advocates hailed as an encouraging sign that Congress is committed to early education programs. Obama and Duncan have long sought to improve the quality and availability of early childhood programs as a way to level the playing field for youngsters, primarily those who are poor and start kindergarten well behind their peers. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)