That's why I've reintroduced H.R. 1324, the Child Nutrition Promotion and School Lunch Protection Act.
So clearly American education policy must change and it must change now.
The principals of this act were reflected in the Department of Education's regulation finalized last year.
Fifty different state standards does not cut it anymore.
We need education standards that reflect that reality.
If we could improve only those 2,000 lowest-performing schools, we would be making significant progress towards the goal of every child a gr...
We cannot succeed if high school is a stopping point.
The situation in Halifax County is quite frankly emblematic of the unfinished legacy of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.
The common core of standards must be based on evidence as to what is truly and demonstrably necessary for college and work, not political or...
I join Secretary Duncan and other education leaders when I say that education is the most important American civil rights issue of the 21st ...
We must shift our focus from credentials to demonstrated effectiveness in the classroom: from teacher quality as measured on paper, to teach...