If we don't have a solution to the kids that are showing up to kindergarten having heard 30 million fewer words than their more affluent peers, if kids don't have a choice of a school that any of us would send our kid to, and if higher…

There is no relationship between salary level and teacher effectiveness.

As Senator Bennet said, we have to flip what's going on in this country.

I want a guarantee of strong, appropriate Federal oversight as we move forward.

It's a disgrace what we pay teachers in the United States.

It's the reason I worked so hard to try to close the comparability loophole. We didn't get there.

In many of these State and local projects, the lion's share of the societal value and economic benefit generated actually accrues to the Federal Government budget.

I am so thankful for Chairman Hatch's and Senator Bennet's introduction of the Social Impact Partnership Act, S. 1089.

Thank you very much for holding this hearing, and thank you to the panel for your excellent testimony.

In October of last year, Senator Mikulski and I sponsored and the Senate passed a resolution that defined dyslexia as a, 'unexpected difficulty in reading, highlighted by a gap between the individual's intelligence and their reading level.'

a U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado