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OCR Page 1 of 77APR-19-99 06:56 AM MIKECOHEN
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Neera-
My edits in hold
I.
[Columbia Teachers' college hasn't been closely linked w/ NYC schools in the past, but have
closer relationship now on some issues-- several professors now work with the local union on
literacy and writing skills projects and on performance assessments.]
II. Importance of public education
III. Nation at Risk
State efforts
Other Key reports in 1985 - (1) A Nation Prepared (from Marc Tucker - called for the
establishment of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, which has set the
highest standards for excellence in teaching and is now identifying and helping reward
outstanding teachers; (2) Time for Results - NGA Report on Education, chaired by
Lamar Alexander, co-chaired by Bill Clinton and Tom Kean- emphasized high standards
and accountability for results.
Summit in Charlottesville
ESEA and Goals 2000
[In the main we got what we asked for, only we were more tough on low-performing schools, and
House Dems slowed that down, though they are now pushing this kind of accountability.)
And amongst (our/ the President's proudest achievements) in the first term was Goals 2000 and
the Improving America's Schools Act, the 1994 reauthorization of ESEA. The principle of both
these Acts overhauled federal elementary and secondary education programs by insisting that
every state set challenging academic standards that all students are expected to reach. Goals 2000
required states to set academic standards for all students and develop assessments aligned to those
standards. Title 1 of ESEA built on this requirement by mandating that states use these standards
for disadvantaged students, thus ending the practice of setting lower expectations for low-income
students.
ESEA also provided schools, school districts and states with the flexibility to determine how best
to educate students to meet high standards. ESEA reduced regulations, paperwork, and reporting
requirements; launched the President's initiative to establish 3,000 charter schools; and permitted
high-poverty schools (with 50% or more students eligible for Title 1) to combine funds from
separate streams and use them to improve the whole school.
ESEA began to focus on strengthening the capacity of schools to improve teaching and
learning, by improving the Eisenhower Professional Development program so that it helped
teachers teach to high standards [however, this hasn't worked out as well as we hoped,
which is why we are overhauling and expanding this effort in our new ESEA proposal.],
and by beginning to invest significant funds (more than $2 billion over 5 years) on a
national strategy for bringing 21st Century technology into the classroom. Under ESEA,
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