It is clear that with this budget the administration has again chosen to ignore the urgent plea for fiscal responsibility.
The election-year budget of President Obama fails that test.
I would argue that the federal government is strapped as well, and the president's budget reflecting, again, another $1 trillion deficit.
I know that there are Members on this Committee whose districts were hit hard and you have my commitment that the Department will continue t...
Granting more freedom from the federal mandates of NCLB does not mean lowering the bar for any child.
The provisions included in the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act reflect the input we have recei...
Unlike the administration's plan to offer temporary waivers that keep schools tied to a failing law, the proposals before us today take a st...
No one said rewriting a law as influential as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act would be easy.
For the sake of our children, we must continue working toward a consensus.
We acknowledged No Child Left Behind's shortcomings and convened a series of hearings in which dozens of witnesses described the challenges ...
The stakes couldn't be higher.