Education

As a former school board president, I believe that education policy is best guided by state and local school boards, teachers, and most of all, parents. I have fought to protect local control so that school districts can make the right choices to bring their classrooms into the 21st century with the student achievement methods that work best for them. Specifically, I support growth models that allow teachers to be creative instead of teaching to the test, while still being held accountable for student progress. We also must provide opportunities, incentives and organizational support to improve the quality of instruction in the classroom, as well as recruit and retain the most skilled teachers. Finally, our education system must enhance programs that help special needs students excel, while ensuring that our best and brightest receive the specialized instruction that they need to keep America competitive in our increasingly global economy.

Press Releases

Biggert Helps Launch Bolingbrook After-School Science Program

Willowbrook, IL – U.S. Representative Judy Biggert joined students at Brooks Middle School in Bolingbrook to kick off a new after-school education program focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). During the event, studen
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Biggert Named Champion for Children

Willowbrook, IL – U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL-13) today issued the following statement after being named a Champion for Children for the 112th Congress by the First Focus Campaign for Children (FFCC), a national bipartisan children's
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Biggert, Illinois Delegation Boost Runaway Switchboard

Washington, DC – U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-IL-13th) today rallied support for the Chicago-based National Runaway Switchboard (NRS), which has served since 1974 as the official hub of communication for homeless and runaway youth seeking a w
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Judy's Speeches and Statements

Biggert Statement: Hearing on "Examining GAO's Review of Selected Head Start Grantees"

Thank you Chairman Miller, and thank you to the witnesses who are here this afternoon to discuss this extremely important – and extremely troubling – topic. As the name indicates, the Head Start program is designed to give our neediest children a "head start" before enrolling in school. Because children who lag behind when they start school tend to remain behind, Head Start is supposed to help close the readiness gap between low-income children and their more affluent peers. . .
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Remarks of U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert on H.R. 7221, the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2008

Mr. Speaker, as an original cosponsor of this bill, I rise today in support of the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2008 or HEARTH Act. I also would like to thank Congressman Geoff Davis of Kentucky and, if she were with us today, I would thank the late Congresswoman Julia Carson, for introducing the original House-version of this bill, H.R. 840. . .
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Reaction of U.S. Representative Judy Biggert (R-Il-13th) on Passage of So-Called Student Aid Bill

Washington, DC – U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL-13th) issued the following statement today regarding H.R. 2669, the so-called College Cost Reduction Act:
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