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Charles Norwood: Well, how should we rank before we start saying that the American people should spend more money on education? Should we…

On the recordApril 30, 1997
Well, how should we rank before we start saying that the American people should spend more money on education? Should we come in second in math before we do the rest of what the President says? We are not going to ask the American people to spend more money on education until we do better with the money we are spending now. So should we be second in math or third in math around the globe? Where should the cutoff point be?
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Charles Norwood
Georgia

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Discussing the need for educational funding reform and performance standards.

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