Building Back Better: Investing in Improving Schools, Creating Jobs, and Strengthening Families and Our Economy. Hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor. U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session (April 28, 2021). Serial No. 117-9
Author: US House of Representatives. Committee on Education and Labor
Date: 2022-00-00
Type: Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials
Subjects: Educational Improvement,Employment Opportunities,COVID-19,Pandemics,Child Care,Educational Facilities,Community Colleges,Elementary Secondary Education,Federal Aid

This document records testimony from a hearing before the Committee on Education and Labor that was held to examine investing in improving schools, creating jobs, and strengthening families and the economy. Member statements were provided by: (1) Honorable Robert C. Scott, &quot;Bobby&quot;, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor; and (2) Honorable Virginia Foxx, Ranking Member, Committee on Education and Labor. Witness statements were provided by: (1) Mary W. Filardo, Founder and Executive Director, 21st Century School Fund; (2) Bob Lanter, Executive Director, California Workforce Association; (3) Neal McCluskey, Ph.D., Director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute; (4) Rasheed Malik, MPP, Senior Policy Analyst, Early Childhood Policy Center for American Progress; (5) Mark Mitsui, President, Portland Community College; and (6) Brian Riedl, Senior Fellow in Budget, Tax, and Economics, The Manhattan Institute. Additional submissions include: (1) Chairman Scott: Report, &quot;State of Our Schools 2016: America's K-12 Facilities&quot;; BlueGreen Alliance letter dated April 28, 2021; Paper from &quot;Child Development,&quot; &quot;Impacts of a Prekindergarten Program on Children's Mathematics, Language, Literacy, Executive Function, and Emotional Skill&quot;, Nov-Dec 2013; Executive Summary, &quot;Investing in Our Future: The Evidence Base on Preschool Education&quot;, Society for Research in Child Development; Report, &quot;A public investment agenda that delivers the goods for American workers needs to be long-lived, broad, and subject to democratic oversight&quot;, Economic Policy Institute; Report, &quot;Condition of America's Public School Facilities: 2012-13&quot;, National Center for Education Statistics, March 2014; Research Brief, &quot;Untangling the Evidence on Preschool Effectiveness: Insights for Policymakers&quot;, Learning Policy Institute, January 2019; Rebuild America's Schools letter dated April 28, 2021; American Federation of Teachers letter dated April 28, 2021; and Link: GAO Report 20-494 dated June 4, 2020, &quot;K-12 EDUCATION--School Districts Frequently Identified Multiple Building Systems Needing Updates or Replacement&quot;; (2) Honorable Frederica S. Wilson, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida: Article from Communities In Schools, &quot;3 Million Kids Missing From School Because of COVID-19 Is a Travesty&quot;, March 5, 2021; Article from &quot;The 74,&quot; &quot;Report Estimates 1 to 3 Million Students Missing From School Since March, But Data on Disrupted Learning is 'At Best a Moving Target'&quot; October 21, 2020; and Article from &quot;The Washington Post,&quot; &quot;Unprecedented numbers of students have disappeared during the pandemic. Schools are working harder than ever to find them.&quot; February 25, 2021; (3) Honorable Glenn Grothman, a Representative in Congress from the State of Wisconsin: &quot;The Drawbacks of Universal Pre-K: A Review of the Evidence&quot;; and (4) Honorable Susan Wild, a Representative in Congress from the State of Pennsylvania: Prepared statement from SMART and NEMIC. Questions were submitted for the record by: Honorable Russ Fulcher, a Representative in Congress from the State of Idaho. Responses to questions were submitted for the record by: (1) Mr. McClusky; and (2) Mr. Reidl.