On the recordMarch 10, 1999
education is everybody's priority. I do not think there is probably any issue in this House that could bring us together on a bipartisan basis more than improving education. But what have we learned from history? Mr. Speaker, there was a recent article in a responsible and respected financial paper which rated the schools in America, and it also showed how much money was spent in each of those schools. I want to tell my colleagues there is not necessarily a correlation between money and success in education. We need, yes, money to the classrooms, not to the bureaucrats. Yes, we need good teachers, not just 100,000 more. Yes, we need to make decisions at the local level, not here in Washington, and then we have to call on the families to send well fed, clean, rested children to school so they can learn. Part of the responsibility, a major part, must rest with us, the parents.
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