Word: reformers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite such obstacles, many education advocates think the future of reform is bright. They point to innovations such as New Jersey's alternative teacher certification, which has opened up the field to mid-career professionals, and Minnesota's choice system, which this fall will phase in a program that allows students to attend any school in the state...
...next wave of educational improvements will probably originate not in state capitals but in individual districts. Already, schools in Dade County, Rochester and Toledo have taken the initiative to raise pay, restructure curriculums and monitor results. "In the first phase of reform, it was state executives who led the way," says former Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander. "In the 1990s, reform will be led by parents and taxpayers." That is, if they care enough to pay the price...
...L.D.P. chieftains may like Kaifu's marionette qualities, but the real test for the party will be the next elections for the lower house, which are expected within a year. The opposition parties were quick to decry Kaifu's candidacy as a sign that the L.D.P. would not reform itself along more democratic lines. The L.D.P. hopes that Kaifu, the star of his university debate team, will simply outspeak his opponents...
...President and Congress are serious about spurring new investment and jobs, insist experts on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and in academia, they should redesign their tax reform. Some of the experts' suggestions...
...Close the loophole that exempts inherited assets from capital-gains tax, a reform that would be worth $5.5 billion a year in new revenues...