From: ellie@ora.com (Ellie Cutler)
Subject: Re: Why Should I vote for Clinton? (long)
Organization: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:20:05 GMT

In article <bazyar.714521212@teal> bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar) writes:
>
>  Okay, "investing in education" is also a good way to win votes.  How
>about details, or should I trek down to the local Clinton campaign office?

I'll save you a trip.  The following is from Clinton's economic plan: 
(from Clinton for President <75300.3115@CompuServe.COM>

My national economic strategy for America will invest in our people at
every stage of their lives. It will put children first by dramatically
improving the way parents prepare their children for school, giving
students the chance to train for jobs or pay for college, and providing
workers with the training and retraining they need to compete in
tomorrow's economy.  The main elements include:

  * Parents and Children Together:   We will inspire parents to
    take responsibility, and empower them with the knowledge they need
    to help their children enter school ready to learn. As we do in my
    state, we will help disadvantaged parents work with their children
    to build an ethic of learning at home that benefits both parent and
    child.  We will fully fund programs that save us several dollars for
    every one we spend - Head Start, the Women, Infants and Children
    (WIC) program, and other critical initiatives recommended by the
    National Commission on Children.

  * Dramatically Improve K-12 Education:  We will overhaul America's
    public schools to insure that every child has a chance for a
    world-class education.  We will establish tough standards and a
    national examination system in core subjects like math and science,
    level the playing field for disadvantaged students, and reduce
    class sizes. We will give every parent the right to choose the
    public school his or her child attends, as we have done in
    Arkansas. In return, we will demand that parents work with their
    children to keep them in school, off drugs and headed toward
    graduation.

 * Safe School Initiative: We will provide funds for violence-ridden
    schools to hire security personnel and purchase metal detectors. We
    will help cities and states use community policing to put more
    police officers on the streets in high- crime areas where schools
    are located.

  * Youth Opportunity Corps: To help teenagers who drop out of school,
    we will help communities open centers that give dropouts a second
    chance. Teenagers will be matched with adults who care about them,
    and given a chance to develop self-discipline and skills.

  * National Apprenticeship Program: As President, I will bring
    business and education leaders together to develop a national
    apprenticeship system that offers non-college bound students
    training in a valuable skill, with the promise of a good job when
    they graduate.

  * National Service Trust Fund: To give every American the right to
    borrow money for college, we will scrap the existing student loan
    program and establish a National Service Trust Fund. Those who
    borrow from the fund will be able to choose how to repay the
    balance: either as a small percentage of their earnings over time,
    or by serving their communities for one or two years doing work
    their country needs as teachers, law enforcement officers, health
    care workers, or  peer counselors helping kids stay off drugs and
    in school.

  * Worker Retraining: We will require every employer to spend 1.5
    percent of payroll for continuing education and training, and make
    them provide the training to all workers, not just executives.
    Workers will be able to choose advanced skills training, the chance
    to earn a high school diploma, or the opportunity to learn to read.
    And we will streamline existing programs by combining the confusing
    array of publicly-funded training schemes.

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        Ellie Cutler

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