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North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt succeeded in pushing through a mandatory minimal competency test for high school graduation???normally one of those awful contests between reflexive liberals, who oppose standardized testing as unfair, and the Marines of morality, who want everyone to shape up. Strongly opposed by some blacks and teachers, Hunt tried to persuade the state that he did not wish to punish anyone but simply wanted to establish some basic levels of competence in education. When simple persuasion did not work, Hunt tried

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cry for Leadership | 8/6/1979 | See Source »

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