We're not going to let a lame duck president secure a legacy on the backs of our children. Of course, both have different ideas - Bush toes the GOP line of supporting funding for private and religious alternatives to failing public schools while Gore, backed strongly by teachers' unions, favors greater federal aid to education. They're responding to indications that, as in 1996, education will be among the top one or two issues when voters go to the polls. It is an issue that has benefitted Clinton, bolstering him even during the scandal-plagued 1998, and he continues to trumpet it as his party prepares to do battle in 2000. But students can't aim high in schools that perform low.
Every child deserves a high-quality education.