"Leave No Child Behind": Hearing Before the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session : Hearing Held in Washington, DC, March 7, 2001, Volume 4

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Page 53 - EXPANDING FLEXIBILITY AND REDUCING BUREAUCRACY The Federal Government has recognized in recent years that it is possible to achieve better results by reducing regulations, paperwork, and bureaucracy and giving States and communities the flexibility to create their own solutions to problems in areas like education, health care, and protecting the environment. In education, for example, the 1994 ESEA reauthorization greatly expanded eligibility for Title I...
Page 53 - ... transfer to a higher performing public or private school, or to obtain supplemental educational services from a public- or private-sector provider. I know there are disagreements about methods of reform, but surely everyone can agree that no child should be trapped in a persistently failing school. Taken as a whole, these proposals reflect what I believe is a strong consensus, both within the Congress and among the American people, that States, school districts, and schools must be accountable...
Page 53 - ... would we use Federal funds to help that student find a better education at a private school. We are proposing to permit the use of Title I funds to help students transfer to a higher performing public or private school, or to obtain supplemental educational services from a public- or private-sector provider.
Page 51 - Progress in 4" grade reading, 73 percent of white students performed at or above the basic level, compared with just 40 percent of Hispanic students and only 36 percent of African American students.
Page 24 - The gentleman from Michigan, Mr. Ehlers. Mr. Ehlers. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Page 1 - Blake Hegeman, Legislative Assistant; Sally Lovejoy, Director of Education and Human Resources Policy; Patrick Lyden, Professional Staff Member...
Page 5 - Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you for this opportunity to testify on behalf of the Bristol Bay Native Corporation.
Page 1 - The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 am, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John A. Boehner [chairman of the committee] presiding. Present: Representatives Boehner, Petri...
Page 53 - ... that States, school districts, and schools must be accountable for ensuring that all students, including disadvantaged students, meet high academic standards. At the same time, we recognize that it is unfair to demand accountability without enabling success This is why the other major components of No Child Left Behind...
Page 50 - Left Behind is, as the President has described it, "a framework from which we can all work together — Democrat, Republican, and Independent — to strengthen our elementary and secondary schools.

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