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Governor Romer, what do you think are the two most important reforms necessary in public education today?

--Russell Jones
Denver, CO
The two most critical areas of reform are education content standards and assessments. Standards outline what a person needs to know and be able to do, subject by subject and grade by grade...Secondly, having standards is not helpful unless you measure against that standard and insist that the measurement be accurate...
--Gov. Roy Romer
Colorado

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The ABC's and 123's

As a parent, a student, a grandparent -- a business owner, first time employee or a teacher, education is a top priority for millions of American families. What is being done to make our schools more accountable, more productive and more accessible? How can we ensure that all citizens have the opportunities they need to succeed and prosper? Do our children have room to learn in the classroom and enough time and attention with their teachers?

Do you know where your children are?

What would you say if you found out that the place your child spent the most time outside of your home didn’t have a working plumbing system?

Or that instead learning their “ABCs” in the little red schoolhouse, your child was fighting for the teacher’s attention in a “temporary” trailer classroom filled with thirty children?

Can I afford a college education?

Did you attend college or university with the help of student loans? Do you think it is important to keep the federal government’s commitment to providing student loans?

With the costs of college rising rapidly each year, are you worried that you won’t be able to save enough for your child’s future?

Key Education Policy Changes Needed for the Next Century?
Read Congressman Harold Ford Jr.'s remarks on the need for key education policy changes for the next century. More >>

Congresswoman Hooley Speaks Out on Educational Access
Read Congresswoman Hooley's brief address to the House of Representatives concerning our country's needs to expand educational access to all children. More>>

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