Field Hearing on a Brighter Tomorrow for Our Schools: Parents, Businesses, and Communities Working Together! : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Anaheim, CA, July 6, 1999, Volume 4

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Page 81 - ... of the entities disclosed in question number 4 have parent organizations, subsidiaries, or partnerships to the entities for whom you are not representing?
Page 45 - WE WILL TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, THE PRIMARY MEANS BY WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO OUR NATION'S ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AS CHAIRMAN, IT IS MY JOB TO ENSURE THAT THIS REAUTHORIZATION PROVIDES OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO HELP OUR CHILDREN OBTAIN THE BEST POSSIBLE EDUCATION.
Page 107 - I think it is important for you to be aware of the fact that there is such discussion underway in the UN.
Page 64 - Student behaviors, such as alcohol use, violence, and antisocial behavior decrease as parent involvement increases.
Page 64 - When parents are involved in their students' education, those students have higher grades and test scores, better attendance, and complete homework more consistently(Henderson and Berla).
Page 4 - Mr. Chairman, if it is all right, we would like to hear from our first witness, Jacinth Cisneros.
Page 1 - Act is a primary means by which the federal government provides assistance to our nation's elementary and secondary schools.
Page 62 - THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND THE WORKFORCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON EARLY CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON...
Page 1 - We thank all of you for taking the time to appear before the Subcommittee.
Page 15 - I have met a lot of teachers — and do not answer it now, I want you to think about it for a...