We are going to lose that, aren't we? We are going to have to rethink that.
No Child Left Behind puts too much emphasis on testing, therefore narrowing the curriculum of many classrooms.
I don't know how we can expect kids to do well in school if the first 4 or 5 years of their lives, they don't have their...
The blueprint for reauthorization that we have received from the Obama administration is a step in the right direction.
I don't think that is such a bad idea myself.
We need a revolution in child care--every kid in this country, as is the case in many European countries.
The purpose of Federal education programs in the United States is to provide equity in our education system.
To do that, you are going to have to pay child care workers commensurate salaries to what we pay teachers.
Is that tied up in the reconciliation package?
Well, I look forward to working with you. I don't know how we are going to make great advances in elementary and seconda...
In our country, we have by far the highest rate of childhood poverty of any other country on Earth.