Hearing on H.R. 3130
Improving America's School Act of 1993 : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, September 23, 1993
Description:... These hearing transcripts present testimony concerning the proposed Improving America's School (IAS) Act of 1993, which embodies the Clinton Administration's program for transforming the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Testimony was heard from U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, accompanied by Marshall Smith, Under Secretary of Education, and Tom Payzant, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. Secretary Riley outlined the major points of the IAS Act, emphasizing the need for a holistic approach to education that focuses on the student, family, school, and school system, and not simply on specific deficiencies. The Act emphasizes: (1) high standards for all children; (2) a focus on teaching and learning; (3) targeting resources to where needs are greatest; (4) flexibility coupled with greater accountability; and (5) linking schools, parents, and communities. Prepared statements and additional materials were presented by Secretary Riley; Representatives Eliot L. Engel, Gene Green, and Thomas C. Sawyer; and Mary Ann Smith, the coordinator of the National Writing Project. (MDM)
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