Johnny Isakson: “I want to address three specific areas of the reform and enhancement that has been done over the last 2 years by the…”

“I want to address three specific areas of the reform and enhancement that has been done over the last 2 years by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and try and delineate specifically why accountability and why flexibility, more parental involvement are so important in the improvement of education and how the laws that have been enacted by this House in education will go a long way towards bringing about true improvement and in particular the closure of the gap between those that perform so well and those that underperform. Thirty years ago, the United States Congress decided to get in the business of assisting public education and entered that in what was known as the title I program to begin funding programs for our most disadvantaged students. Unfortunately, in 30 years, we have realized little or no improvement and, in fact, in some cases a decline. But during those 30 years, we have seen the Federal Government enter into many other programs in public education. So this year, the committee took a different approach.”