Bob Schaffer: “I really enjoyed the chance to discuss and act on issues similar to the ones you're considering today.”

This chart to my right explains how Federal education funds get from a taxpayer to a student here at the bottom. It is funneled through all of these different agencies: The U.S. Treasury Department, the Congress, the U.S. Department of…

Most children in America are back in school this week, and parents in most areas have been provided more information about their schools and their child's academic performance than ever before. Earlier this year, Education Secretary Rod…

This is a bill that is about rich versus poor. And it is surprising to me to hear the opponents of the rule and the bill speak so viciously against the poor in America because that is what they are doing. See, if one is wealthy in America…

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.