William F. Goodling said "Well, I latched on to GW; he did not latch on to me. And I latched on to him primarily because of his ability to lead a Democrat house and a Democrat senate in the State of Texas to bring about the best education reform probably anywhere. I was just reading over the weekend that Oklahoma is crying the blues because they lost teacher after teacher, Kansas did and several other States, because they are going where there are higher salaries and where there is a better opportunity, and, of course, one of the places they were going was Texas because with his leadership and his house and his senate they raised those teacher salaries but demanded excellence and quality at the same time. So, again, here are seven key principles. We think that they have been the important principles to move us ahead and to make sure that no child is left behind." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 18, 2000

Well, I latched on to GW; he did not latch on to me. And I latched on to him primarily because of his ability to lead a Democrat house and a Democrat senate in the State of Texas to bring about the best education reform probably anywhere. I was just reading over the weekend that Oklahoma is crying the blues because they lost teacher after teacher, Kansas did and several other States, because they are going where there are higher salaries and where there is a better opportunity, and, of course, one of the places they were going was Texas because with his leadership and his house and his senate they raised those teacher salaries but demanded excellence and quality at the same time. So, again, here are seven key principles. We think that they have been the important principles to move us ahead and to make sure that no child is left behind.

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William F. Goodling

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing education reform and teacher salary issues in Texas.

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