Political Quotes

“the statement by my friend and colleague from New York on educational policy is greatly to be commended. He set out a vision that I think is a magnificent one for parents and students and teachers and all interested in education all across the United States. As he pointed out, this amendment is not directed at all of those goals by any stretch of the imagination but is focused on the goal of trusting to a far greater extent than we have in the past the wisdom of the parents and the teachers and the administrators and local school board members in each of the thousands of school districts in the United States with respect to what best can advance the education of the students for which they are responsible. The principal goal of my amendment is to remove these thousands of pages of regulations and detailed supervision, frequently on a one-size-fits-all basis, directed from on high here in Washington, DC, at urban, rural and suburban school districts all across the United States.”