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On the recordApril 12, 2010
I think maybe one way to think about that is there is a difference between giving people the flexibility to do something and giving people the flexibility to do nothing, which has been the outcome in too many places I think.
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Hiram Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet discusses the importance of meaningful flexibility in education reform.

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I do think that it is really important for us, when we think about the kind of easements that you are talking about...

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We have to figure out a way when margins are as thin as they are, to give people a chance to make mistakes along the way, too, and to learn from those mistakes.

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Thank you. Thank you all for your excellent testimony. Appreciate your being here.

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