Bob Schaffer: “And while everybody on this chart has lobbyists, the two people that do not have lobbyists are the taxpayer and the…”

The question is now, when we see all of the reform that is taking place, before you didn't know where your qualified teachers were, you wouldn't say where the distribution was, your graduation rate--any improvement made you AYP.

Granting more freedom from federal mandates of--federal mandates of NCLB--does not mean lowering the bar for any child.

The only individuals who can guarantee that these dollars are being spent efficiently are the ones who are closest to the children who are affected.

You can't have all of this change that has been developed in the states or all of the reluctance to change that has been developed in other states and say that this is somehow one-size-fits-all.