From: athos@apple.com (Rick Eames)
Subject: HERSCHENSOHN: Differences with Boxer on Education
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 22:14:39 GMT
Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
Followup-To: ba.politics,ca.politics

The differences between Herschensohn and Boxer on Education:


Bruce Herschensohn and Barbara Boxer strongly disagree on how America can 
strengthen its school system and improve education in our country.  
Herschensohn's approach is to reduce the federal bureaucracy, expand 
parental choice and provide merit pay to teachers.  Ten year incumbent 
Congresswoman Barbara Boxer supports higher taxes and more federal 
regulation.

Issue                    Herschensohn              Boxer
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Parental Choice          Supports public-          Opposes.
                         private school
                         choice.
                         
Merit Pay                Supports.                 No record.
for Teachers

Department of            Wants the billions        Aggressive defender of
Education                of dollars that           status quo--supports
                         California sends          creating more federal
                         to Washington to          bureaucracy within the
                         be kept here and          Department of 
                         spent on our own          Education.
                         children.
                         
Federal Bilingual        Believes that             Flip-flopped.  As
Education                English should be         county supervisor,
                         our national              Boxer said it should be
                         language and              "a local decision," but
                         states should             as a congresswoman,
                         encourage the             supported federal
                         learning of               spending and mandates.
                         English.
                         
Endorsements             Endorsed by Bill          Has received both
                         Bennett, former           honoraria and campaign
                         Secretary of the          contributions from the 
                         Department of             liberal National
                         Education.                Education Association 
                                                   (NEA).
                                                   
Voluntary School         Supports.                 Opposes.
Prayer                   Believes that the
                         federal government
                         should neither 
                         prohibit nor
                         mandate prayer in
                         school.
                         
                         
"As a kid, I went to California's public schools, and they were first 
rate.  Now some of these schools are awful. It just shouldn't be that way."
                                   --Bruce Herschensohn 10/1/92        

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Rick Eames                               My Opinions Are My Own (not
Apple's)
athos@apple.com

HERSCHENSOHN for US Senate.  Just say "No" to Barbara Boxer.
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