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That's why the President and I have worked so hard to enable all of our schools and libraries to have affordable access to telecommunications and information technology. The E-Rate program, for instance, gives crucial discounts to schools and libraries, with the steepest discounts going to the neediest communities. Through this tailored program, we are committed to helping ensure that all children--regardless of race, income or geography--can have an equal chance to learn and succeed...
...purchasing power of federal grants is declining as well. For instance, the maximum federal Pell Grant, available to the neediest students, formerly covered up to one-third of the cost of fees at a private, four-year institution. Today, it covers only one-seventh of the tuition...
...bill in committee. Having watched these stumbles, Voinovich is aiming at something more modest. Early this week, a task force he named to solve the problem is set to unveil its plan--probably a penny increase in the state's 5% sales tax. Proceeds would go to the neediest districts. The tax would fall heaviest on the poor, but in Ohio's hot economy, Voinovich may be betting even they won't notice...
...Kindness. Ideally, Harvard should be preparing us for an ethical life filled with compassion for our fellow humans. But what are we to think when Harvard scrimps on benefits to its neediest workers and drives away teachers who have made the most difference in our lives by denying them tenure...
...College Board, agrees. "It is tax relief, but it's not effective in closing gaps in educational opportunity," he says. Sensitive to that charge, Clinton at the last minute tacked on a substantial increase in Pell grants, which pay college costs for some 3.7 million of America's neediest students. But critics are worried too that getting more people into college will lower education standards at public institutions, which spend more on each student than they collect in tuition and don't have big endowments to fall back on. Already in Georgia total state spending on colleges is up, while...