Political Quotes

“The opposing organizations include Alliance for Excellent Education; Association of University Centers on Disabilities; Children's Defense Fund; Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates; Democrats for Education Reform; Easterseals; The Education Trust, League of United Latin American Citizens; Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund; NAACP; National Center for Learning Disabilities; National Council of La Raza; National Down Syndrome Congress; National Urban League; National Women's Law Center; Southeast Asia Resource Action Center; Stand for Children; Teach For America; United Negro College Fund. And even, Mr. Speaker, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has weighed in on this bill to oppose these efforts to strip away the accountability system from our public education. I also want to point out that I was opposed to the earlier resolution on the floor today, which would unravel the Department of Education's regulation on teacher preparation. The intent of the teacher preparation program, as was argued here, was to provide more transparency and accountability around the quality of teacher preparation programs. This Republican quest to abolish accountability for our public schools is exactly the opposite of what I hear from parents and families in my district who want to make sure that we have more transparency and more accountability, not less.…”