[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 120 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1733]
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                    IN HONOR OF HOPE CENTRAL ACADEMY

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 11, 1997

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize HOPE Central 
Academy in Cleveland, OH, for its outstanding record of educating 
Cleveland's young people.
  The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce has selected HOPE Central Academy as the 
site for their hearings tomorrow on What Works? And What's Wasted in 
Education. HOPE Academy is 1 of 57 schools participating in a pilot 
program testing the efficacy of school choice in Ohio. The nearly 2,000 
inner-city children from low income families who enrolled in 1996 saw 
test scores rise an incredible 15-percentile points in mathematics and 
5-percentile points in reading, while national test scores for inner-
city children of the same age (K-3) usually decline. More than 3,000 
children are expected to take advantage of this exceptional program 
next year.
  I am confident that the panelists at Friday's What Works? And What's 
Wasted hearing will realize that HOPE Central Academy shows ``What 
really Works'' in education when parents, teachers, and the community 
work together to give our children a chance to learn in a positive 
environment. The only thing wasted in the case of HOPE Central Academy 
is time, as in we should have done this a long time ago.

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