Let's start with charter schools

06-28-2011

Expert Blog/National Journal

"This country is in the midst of the most dynamic education-reform atmosphere I've seen in my tenure in Congress," was the observation of House Education and the Workforce Committee ranking member George Miller, D-Calif., when the panel approved new legislation last week to encourage more development of high-quality charter schools. "It will be a tremendous disservice if we don't take the opportunity before us to fix the federal system that supports our states, districts, and our schools," he said. House Democrats are not happy with Republicans' idea to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act piece by piece, even though they generally support the charter-school component. Still, unlike other education fights in the House where government-wary Republicans rule the day, the charter-schools bill passed the committee with wide bipartisan support. (more...)

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