I introduced this legislation earlier this month.

Under the leadership of Senator Bennet, the former Superintendent of Denver Public Schools, Denver has recently emerged as one of the more promising cities for education reform efforts.

You've applied common sense to this question.

It is an honor to introduce Rich Harrison to the committee.

When Senator Bennet was the superintendent of Denver Public Schools, he encouraged principals to go see what's working.

We live in a country where we have had a chronic shortage of special ed teachers for decades.

I think it is just such a tremendous illustration of what happens sometimes when we pass laws here in Washington and don't pay enough attention to what is actually going on on the ground.

I think that it is important for us to figure out a way to establish a feedback loop here in real time.

The more aligned, if you imagine a system that is perfectly aligned--I don't think there is one.

One of the, I think, unintended consequences of No Child Left Behind is that there is a horrible springtime ritual in this country, in our school districts, where we spend 2 or sometimes even 3 weeks administering what are largely…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.