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Assuming that the more highly motivated college bound crowd is only the tip of the iceberg, educators have acknowledged grimly that virtually nothing is being taught in the vast majority of public high schools. Hence the "basic competency" movement, which, though designed to evaluate high schools by granting diplomas only if students pass a battery of publicly sponsored tests, is much , more severe in its immediate effects...
Popular support for the amendment is so strong that Speaker Tip O'Neill, a leading foe of the idea, nonetheless predicts that the amendment will pass if it reaches the House floor. It would then have to be ratified by 38 states within seven years before it could become effective. But legislatures of 31 states have already passed resolutions calling for a constitutional convention to draft a balanced-budget amendment. Indeed, one reason for the push to get an amendment through Congress is to head off a convention, which many politicians fear could not be limited to that...
...errands for lawmakers-say that so far they have encountered only similarly vague reports. "Clouds, rumor and innuendo," is the way one agent summarizes the findings to date. One likely result of the scandal, however it turns out, is a long overdue reform of the page system. House Speaker Tip O'Neill last week appointed an ad hoc committee to recommend within a month some system for housing the pages together, in a dormitory perhaps, and for keeping them under supervision. At present the pages live wherever they choose and roam about Washington in off hours as they please...
Whether it does hold up or doesn't, I hope the next reviewer TIME picks for me doesn't bite the tender tip off my intent like toothsome Stevie Kanfer...
These are serious charges," declared Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes, chairman of the House Ethics Committee. "I am deeply disturbed," said House Speaker Tip O'Neill. "This is the last thing Congress needs," agreed Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, who added, "I'm flabbergasted...