The expectation level of accountability and the immediacy of a response is far quicker, and greater, and more precise, and more meaningful when we move authority actually away from Washington and back to the neighborhood.
Schaffer argues for local control over education accountability for better results.
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I have become deeply convinced of the value of parental involvement in education.
You can't have all of this change that has been developed in the states or all of the reluctance to change that has been developed in other states and say that this is somehow one-size-fits-all.
I really enjoyed the chance to discuss and act on issues similar to the ones you're considering today.
This is the greatest environment for school reform I have seen in my career in here, in 38 years on this committee, and we should be taking advantage of it.