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OCR Page 1 of 87March 19, 1999
MEMORANDUM FOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
From:
Shirley Sagawa, Neera Tanden
Re:
Shanker Education Speech
As we discussed in our last issues meeting, we view the Shanker speech as an opportunity to lay
out your vision on education. It will serve as one of the four major speeches you deliver over the
next several months in which you discuss your views on your major domestic issues. This memo
provides some preliminary ideas on a possible framework for your feedback. Any response you
can give us will help direct the work we do on the speech while you are traveling.
Our primary goal with this speech, in addition to honoring Al Shanker, is to lay out your vision
to strengthen public education in a manner that recognizes your longstanding work on these
issues. We recommend that with whatever framework you choose, you focus your remarks on
how we as a nation can strengthen and reform our public schools. With this focus, you could
then discuss your views of particular reform strategies, including those you have seen first hand
in schools you have visited.
Possible issues to discuss within any framework:
Teacher quality
High academic standards
Curriculum improvements including a focus on math and science
Accountability
Parent involvement
Charter schools and school choice 1
Class size
Social promotion
School construction
Early childhood development
You may want to consider a focus on a particular set of initiatives that are more directly
connected to the quality of education children receive in the classroom, such as teacher quality,
reduced class size, high academic standards and curriculum improvements.
We recognize the topicality of a discussion of vouchers, both because of the verfue and current policy debates
in New York City. We would suggest that you make a strong statement in opposition to vouchers as a reform strategy,
but avoid a major focus on vouchers that may overshadow the rest of your speech. In this way, you could stress
promising reforms that are restoring the public's faith in public schools.
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