Word: nationally
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That dismal overall assessment, however, masks the success that many states have had in boosting the quality of their schools. Since A Nation at Risk, as many as 16 states have adopted major legislative packages calling for sharp spending increases and radical restructuring of their schools. How some of these states moved education to the top of the political agenda -- and what they are doing to keep it there -- provides telling lessons for others. A look at three case histories...
...everyone is happy with Caperton's reforms, which tend to centralize authority in the state capital. Taxes on gas and food are also considered unfairly regressive in a rural state where cars are considered vital to survival and per capita income is only $11,658, 49th in the nation. The Governor knows his support is fragile. He regularly tours local communities, listening to teachers and parents in an attempt to counter public apathy. Says Harold Carl, superintendent of Pleasants County schools: "We are on the right track. Now the big chore is to take the reform, master it and make...
...said on Friday that the U.S. unemployment rate dipped slightly, from 5.3% in June to 5.2% in July, the Government's Index of Leading Economic Indicators, its chief forecasting gauge, showed its fourth drop in five months. Another closely watched barometer, which measures new orders and inventory by the nation's corporate purchasing agents, fell to a six-year...
...very foundations of the Soviet system would have been unthinkable even a year ago. But many Soviet citizens are thinking the unthinkable these days. During his years of exile and his reign over the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1924, Lenin formulated prescriptions for every aspect of the nation's political, economic and social conduct. Now even he, like so much else in this changing land, is being questioned...
...alerted journalists, recalled being with Vice President Bush in Paris in 1985, when the TWA Flight 847 hostages were being driven from Lebanon to Syria to be released. "Now, Marlin," said Bush in a cool and level voice, "tell me once again why I should appear on Face the Nation just at this moment. And remember, if that caravan turns and goes back to Beirut, your career is finished." Bush was restrained and cautious on TV. The vehicles, after a heart-stopping pause, came through...