George Miller: “I commend the Governors, the chief State school officers, Achieve, ACT, and the College Board and all of the partners in…”

It is ironic to me that I hear people talk about you cannot pass legislation because we need to respect state water rights.

the minimum wage appears to not only have employees retain their jobs longer, but employers saying that they are getting the better quality of applicant for that job and they are staying longer at the higher wage.

However, when a charter school falls short of that promise, we owe it to the students, the families, and the teachers to hold the school responsible for improvement and close that school, if necessary, if they can't meet those goals.

This bill will do much more harm than good and we cannot afford to cause any further damage to an ecosystem that is oversubscribed and in jeopardy.