Well, that is going to be interesting because I know when the stimulus package came along, I did not vote for it, but I did feel that we did have a Federal responsibility in IDEA.
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As I say, Ms. Rhee, I tell some of the superintendents that by the time the kids get to Title I, it is too late for them.
One of the areas that I am very concerned about--and, again, it gets back to my days when I was governor--is early childhood education.
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?
And that has had a real effect? In other words, the parents have been brought in and they talk about it...
Chancellor Rhee, let me congratulate you on the progress that you have made.
I certainly would not want to snuff it out before it is given an opportunity to show what it can or cannot do.
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…





