-=> On 12-06-97  16:47, Zackery Lanphere did testify and affirm <=-
-=> to All concerning Education in America. <=-
 ZL> The President was recently at a "town meeting" in Akron,
 ZL> Ohio discussing the education of America's children and the
 ZL> ethnic diversity of the country in general. He basically
 ZL> stated that unsuccessful schools should be closed down, and
 ZL> teachers/students should be judged on a merit basis. This
 ZL> all sounds pretty good to me, but more than likely any
 ZL> changes that are made to the nation's educational system
 ZL> will be so bogged down in bureaucratic bull excretion and
 ZL> pandering to the masses that they will be made inefectual. 
Unsaid was the expectation that such judgement and control
will be exercised from Washington. 
[...snip...]
 ZL> America's willingness to bend over backwards and let
 ZL> underachievers join the main flow of society is the cause
 ZL> of the educational drought we're in. 
As long as the advancement and salaries of the gatekeepers
[the NEA] depend upon the quantity of graduates rather than
the *quality* of graduates, the situation will continue. 
The only way to break the cycle is to test the students
*and* the teachers - but do so *locally*. 
... Wear old clothes when you fight for truth and liberty.
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