In my position, I'm not critical of other government leaders who have budget problems.
The problem with education is, everybody's an expert.
That isn't fair to the kids, nor to the taxpayers.
But, there is a quadrant, or--I shouldn't say 'quadrant'--a cadre of these voucher schools really are going unaccounted for.
Why shouldn't all low-income District residents, while they await the very promising, but likely years away reforms for D.C. public schools,...
What do you tell a parent about, for example, the Kuumba Learning Center?
Well, we're in a mess. We have five rollcalls, which will have us anchored on the floor for the next hour and a half.
So, this one school that we had here that failed to provide a certificate of occupancy in 2007, what happened? You let it continue to operat...
So, there are some accountability questions here.
one of the reasons you stated in your letter, why you couldn't tell us about the number of students, was, the schools, and I quote you, 'wer...
We'll be back probably with some written questions.
This dire situation demands our urgent attention, and I know that every one of us here is united toward the common goal, even if we may disa...
I don't believe that vouchers are the answer to our urban education problems.
So you're saying, out of 59 schools that have participated in the program, 2 have been disqualified for financial reasons.
A common test gives us a better standard norm to measure against.
I cannot look those parents in the eye right now... and offer every single one of them a spot in a school that I think is a high-performing ...
I'm sorry, you can't take the Federal money and then refuse to give us the information.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
