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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1989)
Bush says to 'challenge' schools CHARLOTTKSVU.l.K. Va i.\l’) President Hush urged governors .il an education sum mit Wednesday to forge lund.i mental changes tu re-si no the nation's troubled schools hut v\as told in return the federal government must spend more il that goal is to he rear lied "We've got to r hallenge the eilur at ion system il were to meet the challenge of educa tional excellence." Hush told the governors in .1 (rep talk that opened the nation's first educe tional conference between a president and the states' execu lives All agreed that help is need ed for <1 national school system wracked by drugs, high drop out rates and mediocrity Hut behind closed doors Hush and members of his Cabinet heard what they did not want to hear that the federal government's commitment has to grow In particular, governors said more needs to be done for early childhood education, to pre pare youngsters from poor fain ilies for elementary sc I100I The summit scene was tin historic campus of the t imer sitv of Virginia, whose estab lishment was the proudest m complishment of Thomas let ferson Americ a's first "edu c ation president The mover sitv is still called "Mr letter son's sc hoed" and Hush re ferred to it that uay. too (Governors < ire ulatml a memo outlining their own goals Their plan called for eliminat mg illiterac \. c urtailing the dropout rate and making Amer nan students the equal of their counterparts anywhere- in the world especially in mathemat ic s and sc bene e After the first round of meet mgs there was sharp and s<tr (asl ii ( ritiiism ut some of the governors from William Hen nett. Hush's drug pnlii \ i oordi ii.dor who served as secretary of edui ation m the Reagan \d ministration Hennelt told reporters that in addition to a couple ot feisty lai hanges about edui ation and defense spending there was pap standard I )emo< r at 11 pap There was standard Re publican pap Added Hennelt "Much of the disc IISSIOI1 took plai e in to t.d abseil! e ol am know ledge ot wh.it works oi what's effective in the actual experience of si hoot Some people were saving things that other people had written tor them, and the\ were reading them out of books and reading them off i aids One governor trying to make a point bv comparing military and education spending was Democrat Mario (ammo of New York "You spent over $100 billion on missiles that you'll never lire.'' he said in an mien iew on the (lable News Network addressing his remarks to the Republicans "Now the Amen can people are say mg ( )K a few less missiles because we don't need them as much am more \ little more money on edui ation ' I think the people will understand that A Republic an governoi (larrey K (larruthers ol New Mexico, was one of several who raised the point about early i hildhood programs "II they would give us a i year old that is healthy and alert, the system would be mm h more produc lire ( ai ruthers said Hennelt, discussing that si s sion said there was "lots ol lalk about early < hildhood I \ i vi i (v*i/i vl Intimate Candlelight Dining in Historic Building Fine Italian and Continental Cuisine Live Jazz 7 Nights a Week —No cover— 259 East Fifth Avenue 343-8488 ervone .im«■»■«i they like little i luldren Hut hr said th.it unless i'iIii i ators concerned themselves about poor -a hi mis in later grades more money lor early i Inldhood programs would he a waste ()ne plan pushed h\ the ad ministration and well nmed h\ a niimher ol governors would allow parents to shop around lor si liools sending youngsters to the ones they think vv ill edii rate I Hist I his is a mei hanism that s ver\ very important I dm a turn Sei retary I.auro t avazos said in an intervievy I've i ailed it the t ornerstone for re strui luring lie said lie would begin a whirlwind tour in mid ()i tuber to sell the idea to edu< aims in states including North ( aroli u.i I olorado and t alilornia condtii ting hearings during the day and meeting vs 1111 working parents at night before leaving Washington Hush told reporters that lie yy.is looking lor commitment from the governors "to make those fundamental i hanges that are needed if we are going to im prove edm ational perfoi malice DUCK BUCKS K,'...' r CALL 686-3712 For space reservation* AMI H Tf MM l*» %tM INt I V> ».K I M ImuoI )m> • *• Ih<m4 Im< I 4iH I t.*XV Clip ODE coupons for GREAT savings! 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