Clinton's School Plan is a Good Start. Let's Go Further Clinton's School Plan is a Good Start.
Every opinion poll shows that education is now the public's top domestic priority.
Every poll also shows that the public wants schools to have higher academic standards and to be safe and orderly places. So it was not surprising that President Clinton would stress education in his State of the Union address last night. The president wants to set federal guidelines for teacher training, student discipline, school performance and promotion policy. School districts that violate the new federal guidelines would risk losing their federal funding. The White House has raised the right issues, and it is about time.