Bob Schaffer: “I have become deeply convinced of the value of parental involvement in education.”

We are turning underperforming schools upside down.

Granting more freedom from federal mandates of--federal mandates of NCLB--does not mean lowering the bar for any child.

It is a perspective that favors choice, local control, a professional transformation of the teaching craft, transparency, accountability, competitiveness, and marketplace entrepreneurship.

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.