I support engagement with the Burmese Government, because I agree with Secretary Clinton that sanctions alone 'have not ...
But what I do not support--and I say this is in the strongest possible terms--is a single dollar going to enrich the Bur...
if that leverage could be used toward equalizing spending in districts with the local and state money, then some of thes...
there are many remedies that districts could pursue and some are practiced in a few districts but local politics serve a...
I am assuming that you would want more teachers with national board certification to be at the high-needs schools?
I am actually fairly optimistic that we can work together in a pretty bipartisan way.
We really do want highly qualified, effective teachers teaching our children.
I look forward to hearing the answers to these questions from our witnesses.
It is unacceptable that poor and minority students in schools that are struggling academically are twice as likely to be...
Of course, if we want to ensure high-quality teachers are in our neediest classrooms, we should work to improve the qual...
The No Child Left Behind Act recognized the value of high-quality teachers by calling for all students to be taught by a...
I would like to know from our witnesses what is being done at the local level to recruit these specialists?
I worked with my colleagues to see that language was added that would allow school districts to recruit content speciali...
there is nothing in the Race to the Top that says that you have to agree that a test will be the sole factor?
I think we have to recognize that there are differences and we have to allow, I believe, for some flexibility.
So we are in a competition economically that requires us to get these children an education.
The lesson to be learned is that the federal government ought to proceed with caution as we attempt to improve the quali...
Today we will examine the H1N1 pandemic flu, and many will say we're not examining it for the first time.
