Secretary Spellings Responds to Senator Murray's Questions on NCLB
SECRETARY SPELLINGS:
"Well, as I've said, you know, funding is up. And while in the early days, the first two years, they were very, very significant increases, I think the times that were before us because of Hurricane Katrina and the war, 9/11 among other things, have made some very tough choices for all of us."
SENATOR MURRAY:
"So, well, the way it sounds to me is, we're making this law try to work. But you continually don't fund it. How do you expect me to do my job?"
"How do you say that to an educator who is working, you know, 12 hours a day, 40 kids in their classroom, working really hard to meet it and they just feel left behind by this administration?"
SECRETARY SPELLINGS
"Well, I would give them that answer, and I'd also say that I think that the policy that's before us now, with more information, more data around kids and their needs has allowed us to be a lot smarter and more precise about the resources we are spending."
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