let me just say that we at the a.f.t. are big supporters of the common core not to be implemented in a straitjacket kind of way, but we are more aligned to critical thinking and applying knowledge, which is what kids need to do and know how to do for the middle class jobs of this century and the next well i will not talking about the next center, but the rest of the century. we became a big believer and how you have these have these kinds of standards. this is why the is such a bumpy rollout. you cannot just get on a podium and say that out shall have standards. thou shalt have standards. or get on a podium and do with the government did, and spend on testing solutions, and yet there was no attempt to figure out how to create an appropriation for the building of professional development and curriculum and the things that are absolutely essential to do this transition. so that is why there has been such a bumpy road because there has been this race to a standard rather t
in support of this bipartisan legislation. friend, thank my good mr. rokita for his great leadership on behalf of our students in the educational system. it s been a pleasure working with you shir. i rise today in strong support of h.r. 4366, the strengthening education through research act. now i firmly believe that in order to successfully prepare our students for the work forest, our nation s educators must be able to identify and have access to successful and proven techniques. in 202, i proudly supported the passage of the education science reform act which, among other thin things, ensured that education research be conducted free of political bias and focus on improving student achievement. last year, the government accountability office released a report highlighting the successes of the law but also detailed several areas that could be improved to better outcomes for our students. today, along with mr. rokita, we have built on the success of that bill through h. refo
the amendment is an ideological attempt to keep to give school districts more control but actually doesn t do that. it just creates more paperwork, more bureaucracy at the federal level like consultations and chances to dispute regulations, all of which many of which are already allowed in federal law but this would be a different subset to require that. i ve been here a long time and i can t think of any administration that gave both states and local school districts more options, more flexibility, more ability to design the systems under which to work than the obama administration which there is 37 states who ve undertaken race to the top which gave them great flexibility and there s 40 states that have undertaken waivers which gave them even more flexibility. and when you talk to the superintendents and when you talk to the governors in those states they re delighted to have the flexibility, to design the systems they want to be able to design and to improve get better a
i m pleased two of the bills i have authored are part of the senate version. it would be ripped out by the republican version, so i strongly support the bipartisan senate version, one i authored with representative poe in a bipartisan way. and that was the safer act. this took the monies and directed justice not to just spend money but process the backlog of d.n.a. kits to put rapists behind bars and the campus save act. there is too much violence on campus. one in five women will be assaulted on college campuses. this would require colleges to keep students safe. and also the bipartisan important anti-trafficking bill is part of it. i urge my colleagues in a bipartisan, historic way, to reauthorize and pass the violence against women act, the senate version. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady s time has expired. the gentleman from florida. mr. nugent: continue to reserve. ms. slaughter: i yield two minutes to the the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui th
host: you can join the conversation on twitter, twitter.com/cspanwj. or join the conversation on facebook, facebook.com/cspan. let s look at some of the headlines. usa today. the president and republicans jousted again yesterday. host: the headline on the story from the new york times. republicans are calling the impact overstated and citing spending as a key issue. here is what americans are saying. the wall street journal has a new poll. you can see the breakdown of numbers on the opinions of what each is opposing it to do. a 29% approval rating in terms of the sequester. 57% disagree with what the republicans are doing. 1/5 of respondents do think sequester cuts are a good idea. austerity has killed off government jobs, says the new york times. host: looking at some other stories. this from usa today. host: here is another headline about the misuse of power. we like to hear your thoughts this morning. caller: president obama will release over 10,000 dangers i