This paper presents the Committee on Education and the Workforce's hearing on the challenges and opportunities facing America's classrooms. Members testifying before the committee were: Honorable John Kline, Chairman, Committee on Education and the Workforce; and Honorable George Miller, senior Democratic member, Committee on Education and the Workforce. Witnesses testifying before the committee were: Honorable Tony Bennett, Ph.D., Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction; Andrew J. Coulson, director, Center for Educational Freedom, Cato Institute; Lisa Graham Keegan, founder, Education Breakthrough Network; and Ted Mitchell, president and CEO, Newschools Venture Fund. (Contains 4 figures and 5 footnotes.)