Key partners in the project are Georgia State University System, Chatham Steel Corporation, The Boeing Co., BellSouth, Southwire and Garrett-Dixon Development Group. The deadline is 16 January 1999. The Hyattsville Wireless Community will make its debut at Maryland's Net Weekend '98, scheduled for 25-26 September. Larry Cuban, an education professor at Stanford University, discusses the common ground that has been reached by both parties. New math and whole-language reading are in retreat.
Today there are more phonics, more multiplication tables, more tests.
There is a consensus between the public and officials that the basic, traditional model is the one to pursue. Whatever experimentation is occurring today challenges the boundaries far less than two to three decades ago. However, Democrats and Republicans split over how to reach these goals, with the GOP willing to embrace vouchers and confront unions, while the Democrats prefer to focus on traditional, public schools and work cooperatively with the unions. More Americans concur that their child's future financial success is contingent on a strong academic program. Politicians also believe that voter concern over education reflects angst over their child's character development.