We need to think big and be able to ensure that whatever we do, that we put enough money and support for every single ag...
Many exceptional charter schools have already blazed a trail for others to follow.
It is not an accident any longer.
They are lining up in the District of Columbia. They are lining up all over the country to ask for a better educational ...
I think charter schools and a number of district schools have proven the fact that this exact population can excel.
I wish we had the political will to hit it right on the head and get it done.
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We know all of the politics--everyone sitting here know all of the politics that keep those schools failing for 30 and 4...
For people to suggest that somehow we can wait with these children who are entering school or in pre-K, and we can wait ...
I think, in fact, that the charter school movement, after some fits and starts over the last decade, is rolling out as w...
Eighty-five to 90 percent of the kids in public schools today are languishing in failing schools--
In my 35 years in the Congress, the most difficult thing to do in education is replication of excellence or of success.
should we not be talking about the other 85? Should we not be talking about putting more money into traditional public s...
The charter schools strategy is helping transform public education in America.
Having closed or not renewed about a dozen schools over 15 years of authorizing--and having the battle scars to prove it...
As Americans, we believe in due process and fair treatment. Charters deserve this as well.
Yet, I would contend that schools who consistently deliver academic results for kids, and are good stewards of the publi...
They face overwhelming barriers to expansion, from arbitrary state caps to hostile state legislators.
