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...time to take the next logical step on the fairness front. The last thing we need in American education is a caste system," Dole said in a prepared statement. "These alumni perks have absolutely nothing to do with an individual's qualifications or merit...
...merit-based criteria like the legacy preference are used to determine who gets access to the best educations in this country, then the very assumptions undergirding our society are called into question," he wrote in the letter...
They shout with the conviction of the liberal. They know they're taking a moral stand and their arguments have merit. After all, Kuwait is far away. It has nothing to do with us. Who cares about the Kuwaitis. They're just Arabs. Right...
Respected for his moderate, practical approach, Alexander will come to Washington with an impressive record of educational reforms. His Better Schools Program in Tennessee -- which features a merit-pay system for teachers, tougher standards for students and more computer, science and math instruction -- has become a national model. The ex-Governor favors deregulation of school bureaucracies to encourage innovation and strongly backs adult education to make U.S. workers competitive again...
...long-overdue merit system will probably take shape in New Kuwait. But many of those who supported such a move when it was only a theory may recoil when faced with it in reality. Many will also be upset by a shrinkage in the welfare state's blanket coverage. Modest steps were already in place before August. Budgetary constraints alone will justify further cutbacks -- and many would-be recipients will be furious...