[0] HEARING OF THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE SUBJECT: "BUILDING ON WHAT WORKS AT CHARTER SCHOOLS" CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE MILLER (D-CA) WITNESSES: STEVE BARR, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, GREEN DOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS; DAVID DUNN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION; JIM GOENNER, BOARD CHAIR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS; JOHN KING, MANAGING DIRECTOR,... (Part 7).
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HEARING OF THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE SUBJECT: "BUILDING ON WHAT WORKS AT CHARTER SCHOOLS" CHAIRED BY: REPRESENTATIVE GEORGE MILLER (D-CA) WITNESSES: STEVE BARR, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, GREEN DOT PUBLIC SCHOOLS; DAVID DUNN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION; JIM GOENNER, BOARD CHAIR, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHARTER SCHOOL AUTHORIZERS; JOHN KING, MANAGING DIRECTOR, EXCELLENCE PREPARATORY NETWORK, UNCOMMON SCHOOLS; COLORADO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BARBARA O'BRIEN (D); JIM SHELTON, ASSISTANT DEPUTY SECRETARY, OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION LOCATION: 2175 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. TIME: 10:00 A.M. EDT DATE: THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2009(Part 7)
Our charter law is now 14 years old, and in the past 12 months Texas hit the statutory cap on the number of charters allowed. This bill would have allowed the state board of education to grant an additional 12 charters a year, enabling managed growth of high-quality charter schools.
With strong support during the Bush administration, and even stronger support now under President Obama and Secretary Duncan, it's disappointing that some state legislatures still don't understand the benefits of public charter schools and remain obstacles toward reforming public education in this country.
On Sunday of this week, Texas Representative Lon Burnam from Fort Worth said on the record, regarding our charter bill, "This is a massive charter school expansion bill. I hate charter schools. I'm going to kill the bill." He...
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