"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."
"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 ..."
"I suspect there is huge variability in the United States of how many computers are available."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"I happen to think it is a national security issue."
"the idea that we have $12 trillion of debt on our balance sheet, but we haven't been able to make somehow the kind of investments that everybody here is talking about in our human capital and the infr..."
"Having said all that, we would gladly take $18,000 a kid in the Denver Public Schools."
"I think that needs to be exposed to the entire country."
"How can America sustain itself as a world power if we are allowing huge numbers of our children to fail?"
"We spend roughly $8,000 a kid in Denver. I think we get better results probably than Newark."