03.14.11

Miller’s Statement on President Obama’s Call to Fix Education Law

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat on the Education and the Workforce Committee and a key member of the group leading the charge in the U.S. Congress to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, released the following statement after President Obama today called for the Congress to rewrite the law this session of Congress.

“The President made a great case today for why we need to fix our education law in this country. The status quo is failing our students and putting our future, our economic stability and our global competitiveness at risk. We have to take a stand as a nation that it is no longer acceptable for some students at some schools to make gains while most students lag behind. If we don’t hold our schools accountable for all the children in their classrooms, we fail.

"There are no excuses for letting this continue in a country as great as ours. I look forward to continuing our bipartisan work in Congress to help make the necessary changes to put all students on a pathway to success."

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