I think one of the areas that we really are failing in--and the Title I money, are you using any of that Title I money for pre-school?

What is the prospect of that happening?

I certainly would not want to snuff it out before it is given an opportunity to show what it can or cannot do.

Chancellor Rhee, let me congratulate you on the progress that you have made.

The $148 million, that is money for shovel-ready improvements in the classroom and you are folding it in on top of this master plan that Mr. Lew is doing?

They have allocated, what, $125 million over 10 years?

So you are on your way with that.

And that has had a real effect? In other words, the parents have been brought in and they talk about it...

Mr. Chairman, if you do not mind, I would just like to say that when I was governor, in the area in Ohio where you lived, in Toledo, we were able to work an agreement that basically said that a teacher could ask for help, other teachers…

It has been an unfunded mandate and something that you can argue and say that you definitely--it is a Federal responsibility and one that we should meet.

It seems to me that if they are not performing, there ought to be a provision that says we will help you, and if you are unable to be helped, you have to be terminated.

The District's dropout rate is less than 50 percent, and it is a tragedy in the country that 50 percent of the kids in the urban districts are dropping out of school.