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 \
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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
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