Political Quotes

“The Republican bill, unfortunately, represents a missed opportunity. Everyone agrees that NCLB has flaws and needs to be updated and improved. It is disheartening that instead of working together on an actual reauthorization, we are once again debating a divisive, partisan bill that only incorporates one ideology. There is nothing more important to our Nation than educating our children. The most crucial element for ensuring our children's success is supporting our children's teachers. Teachers do an incredibly important and remarkably challenging job. The vast majority are excellent and their good work is overlooked far too frequently. Education at the elementary and secondary level is critical to the development of 21st century American jobs and global competitiveness. We need to get to work on a true bipartisan ESEA reauthorization.”