How are you putting this idea into practice?
We have to be truthful with each other and truthful with the American people about what is and isn't working.
I look forward to hearing from you, Mr. Secretary, about how we can get this country back on track and what we can do to...
If we don't hold our schools accountable for ALL the children in their classrooms, we fail.
Inaction here is one of the biggest threats to the future of this country, to our economic stability and our global comp...
Despite the near tripling of overall per-pupil funding since 1965, national academic performance has not improved.
We have to make tough choices now to ensure this important program remains available for the students who need it most.
Proposing a budget that once again spends too much, taxes too much, and borrows too much is not the kind of leadership t...
This kind of spending is unsustainable and keeps Pell Grants on the path to bankruptcy.
It is no secret our current education system is failing.
I am disappointed to see this lack of leadership in the administration's budget proposal for the Department of Education...
the decision to say no to Pell grants--again, you can use the one Pell grant for summer--is not one that I enjoyed or wa...
I don't think that is a place where you should be cutting back and you have to continue to invest.
But my question goes back to we keep spending more money, and at some point it has got to stop.
I just urge you to move on that as soon as possible.
I have worked very hard in the area of international adoptions, and with the help of your department and the help of Sen...
we are either going to put ourselves in a competitive advantage or we are going to continue to lose not the low skill jo...
I think we have a chance to provide some substitution for what has been, you know, a tough Federal role for good reason.
