First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton addressed the National Education Association Representative Assembly today and called for greater support and resources for public education and teachers. Mrs. Clinton received wild applause for virtually every point she made and received several standing ovations. In perhaps the seminal civil rights case of the century, America's greatest legal minds debated whether to allow black children an equal opportunity at education. Some put the number of home-schooled children in the U.S. at about 750,000. Other say it's much higher - closer to 2 million.
Vouchers fail that test.
A controversial charter school program that allows private groups to operate schools with taxpayer dollars could be extended to dozens of communities under a proposal in Gov. Bob Taft's budget. Suit A plan to remove the courts from the process of funding Ohio public schools has a lot to recommend it. But even its sponsor, state Sen. Eugene Watts, R-Dublin, hopes Senate Joint Resolution 4 never has to reach the statewide ballot in 2000. The Clinton administration yesterday reported modest gains in student performance on reading tests, but said they were significant because the increase reversed a downturn that occurred in the early 1990s.