Bob Schaffer: “Just giving parents the opportunity to choose empowers them in a way that is helpful.”

I really enjoyed the chance to discuss and act on issues similar to the ones you're considering today.

This is the greatest environment for school reform I have seen in my career in here, in 38 years on this committee, and we should be taking advantage of it.

These broad strategies enjoy general bipartisan consensus.

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.