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Date:         Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:17:24 -0400
From:         KILBURN@WVSVAX.WVNET.EDU
Subject:      Clinton's education record
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Hi.  Rather than re-typing all this, here are some excerpts from the
Clinton/Gore position paper on education.

>*    Governor Clinton established the first
>     statewide Home Instructional Program for
>     Pre-School Youngsters.  HIPPY helps
>     disadvantaged parents work with their children
>     to build an ethic of learning at home that
>     benefits both parent and child.
>
>*    Introduced programs to provide low-income
>     women with access to comprehensive maternity
>     and infant care.  Arkansas infant mortality
>     rate has dropped almost 50% since 1978.
>
>*    Initiated the Better Chance Program, which
>     provides $5 million this fiscal year and $10
>     million the next for early childhood programs
>     for at-risk children ages 3-5.

>*    Clinton set higher standards for all Arkansas
>     schools: they must provide intensive
>     instruction in basic skills, offer a much
>     broader range of advanced courses, strictly
>     limit class size, and regularly test student
>     performance.
>
>*    Directed the state to issue a yearly report
>     card on the schools.
>
>*    Permitted parents to choose the public schools
>     their children attend as long as an acceptable
>     racial balance is maintained.
>
>*    Provided a $4,000 average salary increase for
>     Arkansas teachers in 1991-- the highest
>     percentage increase in the nation that year.

>*    Governor Clinton required eighth graders to
>     pass an exam to go to high school.
>
>*    Required teachers to take a basic competency
>     test to keep their jobs.
>
>*    Revoked drivers licenses of students who drop
>     out of school for no good reason.
>
>*    Authorized fines for parents who refuse to
>     attend a parent-teacher conference or allow
>     their children to be chronically truant.
>
>*    Governor Clinton improved Arkansas math and
>     reading test scores.  Between 1981 and 1991,
>     the average state percentile rank for 4th
>     grade students rose from the 46th to the 61st
>     percentile in reading and from the 44th to the
>     69th percentile in math.
>
>*    Helped Arkansas achieve the highest
>     high-school graduation rate in the region.
>
>*    Increased the percentage of Arkansas seniors
>     attending colleges by 34 percent from 1982 to
>     1991.
>
>*    With help from business, Governor Clinton
>     created a Youth Apprenticeship program to
>     motivate non college-bound students to stay in
>     school and do well.
>
>*    Created Arkansas Academic Challenge
>     Scholarships to provide college scholarships
>     to middle income and poor students who achieve
>     2.5 GPAs in high school taking the college
>     core curriculum, score 19 on the ACT, and stay
>     off drugs.
>
>*    Established a college bond program allowing
>     parents to buy short- or long-term college
>     bonds, not taxed in Arkansas, to help finance
>     their childrens college education.
>
>*    Helped develop the Arkansas Industrial
>     Training Program, which provides customized
>     training to potential workers at new plants,
>     expanding companies, or companies which are
>     upgrading technologically.
>
>*    Established the Governors Dislocated Worker
>     Task Force, which identifies possible plant
>     closings and layoffs, develops an appropriate
>     plan, and offers retraining, placement, and
>     other supportive services.
>
Kerry