[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1079]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  NOT NECESSARILY A CORRELATION BETWEEN MONEY AND SUCCESS IN EDUCATION

  (Mr. EWING asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. EWING. Mr. Speaker, education is everybody's priority. I do not 
think there is probably any issue in this House that could bring us 
together on a bipartisan basis more than improving education.
  But what have we learned from history? Mr. Speaker, there was a 
recent article in a responsible and respected financial paper which 
rated the schools in America, and it also showed how much money was 
spent in each of those schools. I want to tell my colleagues there is 
not necessarily a correlation between money and success in education.
  We need, yes, money to the classrooms, not to the bureaucrats. Yes, 
we need good teachers, not just 100,000 more. Yes, we need to make 
decisions at the local level, not here in Washington, and then we have 
to call on the families to send well fed, clean, rested children to 
school so they can learn.
  Part of the responsibility, a major part, must rest with us, the 
parents.

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