Political Quotes

“nearly 3 years ago, I introduced legislation to transform the Department of Education's Office of Educational Reform and Improvement, OERI, into a streamline, more independent and more scientific ``Institute of Education Sciences.'' Today, nearly 6 months after the House of Representatives passed the bill unanimously, we are poised enact long-overdue reforms to ensure that education research is based on science--not fads or fiction. This year, President Bush signed landmark education reforms into law, demanding new and more challenging standards of accountability from our States and improved student achievement from our schools. Recognizing that any successful education reform effort requires the best information on how children learn, the words ``scientifically based research'' appear more than 100 times in the new law. The reason for the focus on ``scientific'' research is simple; educators need to know what works if they are to improve student achievement.”