CB>  MS>     It failed in Arkansas, with the teacher's union there angry 
CB>  
CB> It failed everywhere--goals 2000 didn't work--I am sure the teachers 
CB> there 
CB> were no more angry than states w/Republican governers.
    True, but I'm just citing how it failed in a state where _Clinton_ was 
governor (and the guy pushing it)...not whether it failed in states with 
Democrat governors or Republican governors.
CB>  MS>     As for "teacher motivation", I don't see how a 
CB>  MS> federal program could deliver that when tenure is 
CB>  MS> a state matter.
CB> 
CB> Another tired excuse--tenure has nothing to do with teacher 
CB> motivation. (at
CB> least for most states)
    It does in this state.
    And even in states where tenure is no issue in teacher motivation, 
teacher _hiring_ is a state matter beyond the control of the federal 
government.
    Tenure _is_ an issue in school reform, if only to the extent that 
_current_ teachers will be with the schools for decades in most all cases, 
and thus new hiring standards will not significantly impact the workforce for 
decades.
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