It is also important that the leadership in our schools supports good teaching and student achievement, encourages innovation with results, and creates a safe learning environment.
I would like to thank Chairman Harkin and Senator Enzi and the members of this committee for their great efforts to take advantage of this o...
However, there is a vast disconnect between a teacher who meets certain requirements on paper and one whose teaching has a true impact on st...
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If we are going to mandate interventions from the Federal level, we need to be clear about why we are mandating such reforms.
Strategies mandated from Washington will simply not solve the problems facing these schools.
Rural and frontier schools and school districts are unique and often need unique solutions to their unique problems.
I want to thank you for your diligent work in moving us along on fixing No Child Left Behind.
I am very concerned that requiring school districts to use one of the four school turnaround models for schools identified for school improv...
A better balance is needed between prescriptive Federal mandates and State and local flexibility.
This blueprint will help the committee move forward to develop legislation that builds upon what we have learned from the latest version of ...