One of the things that we are seeing with the charter schools, that they have the ability of not taking children with disabilities or special needs, which obviously is a burden onto our public schools because they bring down the test scores and everything.
McCarthy discusses the impact of charter schools on public schools regarding students with disabilities.
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Each day, each month, each year passes by without reauthorization is another day, another month and another year that this country, in my opinion, is failing our children.
I think the Department of Labor has done a great job on a variety of fronts, and I commend you for your commitment to American workers.
I agree with our witnesses that we can not have 20th century ideas covering 21st century classrooms.
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