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- increasing funding for ed tech R&D. " EDUCATION STRATEGY A Six-Month Work Plan for the Administration's Ten Education Initiatives February 24,1997 HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGY State or the Union Proposals: HI propose America's HOPE Scholarship
Testing Memos to POTUS
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- FOR THE PRESIDENT . FROM: SUBJECT: BRUCE REED MICHAEL COHEN YOUR PLAN FOR NATIONAL STANDARDS AND NATIONAL TESTS IN 4TH GRADE READING AND 8TH GRADE MATH Summary or Plan In your State of the Union Address you challeng~d every state to adopt high national
- members and the additional college presidents they bring into the process. The target number for the honor roll/committee is fifty to one hundred college presidents by the time of a State of the Union announcement. ' We believe we must involve the Steering
- . • FY98 budget increases Pell Grant scholarships by $1.7 billion in aid over FY97, and expanded eligibility for at least 348,000 more, students. • Event with POTUS in Georgia after SOTU (2/5) • Develop plan to stress that package helps to save tax-free
WVA Announcement
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- of the Alliance for efforts supporting the initiative to develop voluntary national tests, originally . proposed by President Clinton in his 1997 State of the Union address, to measure student reading skills in the 4th grade and malhemalics skills in the 8th grade
- . That was the gist of Richard Baker's reaction moments after the president finished his State of the Union address. Baker, R-Baton Rouge, also shared a thought with Chris John, a congressional newcomer and a Crowley Democrat. Neither could remember a president giving
Testing 2 pager - new
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- grader in reading and every 8th grader in math to make sure these standards are met. President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4, 1997 STRONG SCHOOLS WITH CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND. DISCIPLINE ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR CHILDREN
Press Materials - Maryland
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- , "is ready to accept the challenge to determine how our students measure up." President Clinton praised Maryland's school reform work and discussed the plans that he announced last week in his State of the Union address. The President's testing program
- business in every state in the union and 70 countrieS . worldwide, volunuby national tests that give individual student scores make sense. Here's why. When prospective employees apply for a job, employers hold them to the same standard, no rrlatterwhere
Annapolis Speech
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- and values of the people of Maryland. So I'm glad he's here. I wanted to come here today to talk in greater detail about the issues I discussed in the State of the Union that require us to prepare America for the 21 st century. It is important that we gather
- classroom, one of the objectives Clinton outlined in his State of the Union address. And 85 percent of the schools in the state will have Internet access by the end of next month, with the rest expected to come online by year's end, said state schools
Michigan [2]
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- initiative so that we can make sure tMs national partnorship suocecds. /, President Clinton, 1996 State of the Union Address A NATIONAL MISSiON TO MAKE EVERY YOUNG PERSON TECHNOLOGICALLY LITERATE: Pre~ident Clinton and Vice President Gore'have challenged
- . The strategy (or framework for thinking through our strategy) presented here was developed in the context of that framework. The strategy also reflects consideration of public reaction to the State ofthe Union ("S0TU") address (discussed immediately below
- in Maryland: 1. How Maryland Measures Up·. a synopsis ofhow the state's education initi:atives align with President CUnton's education goals and State of the Union address 2. School Report, Card Shows School, Student Gains -- news release on the 1996 school
Master Teacher Event 10/97
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- , businesspeople, governors, state legislators, and others on the NBTS Board. In your last State of the Union you called on Cpngress to support your plan to help 100,000 teachers gain national certification, and you requested $105 million over 5 years to help
Positive Testing Articles
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- the voluntary standards Clinton extolled in last month's State of the Union address. The alliance between Clinton and Engler, however unlikely at first blush, has a certain logic. Both men -have aligned themselves with issues such as overhauling welfare
- of our highest priorities. In my State of the Union Address 'earlier this year, I issued a call to action for American education to prepare our Nation for the 21st century. Working together, we must make our schools strong and safe, with clear standards
- THE WHITEHOUSE WASH.INGTON March 4, 1997 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM:· BRUCE REED MICHAEL COHEN SUBJECT: YOUR PLAN FOR NATIONAL STANDARDS AND NATIONAL TESTS IN 4TH GRADE READING AND 8TH GRADE MATH Summary of Plan In your State of the Union Address
- of the ideas behind school uniforms. When I spoke of school uniforms in my 1996 State of-the Union Address, it was an old idea without much new credence. But in the years since, I have been heartened to see an inundation of interest. From New York City
Michigan [3]
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- . " President Clinton unveiled his education agenda, including charter schools, in his State of . the Union address in January. The President's education plan strongly supports public schools and calls for teacher certification and a required core curriculum
California Endorsement 3/25
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- ; Vice President Gore (who has done so much to make today's endorsement possible); Secretary Riley; and Mayor Susan Hammer, Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale and others participating via satellite from Stone gate School in San Jose. In my State of the Union
Title V [1]
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- AND PREPARING TOMORROW'S TEACHERS: INVESTING IN QUALITY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. To have the best schools, we must have the best teachers... and, we should challenge more ofour finest young people to consider teaching as a career. -- President Clinton,,1997 State
Michigan [1]
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- , and business people could join us today. In my State of the Union address,1 laid out a ten-point plan, a Call to Action for American Education [hold up booklet], that describes the steps we must take --and the State of Michigan is already doing many
- intend, as a suggestion that more time be allowed for item review and revision. Scope and Purpose In his January 1997 State of the Union address, President Clinton called for the development ofVoluntaIy National Tests (VNT) in fourth-grade reading
- in math to make sure these standards are met. President Bill Clinton 1997 State of the Union Address In his weekly radio address, President Clinton today commended the bipartisan, independent National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) for its plan
[West Virginia Trip] [2]
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- th'lt all stMes -- r.'om West Virginia to Nevada -- can ~lgree on. That is why in my State of the Union address, I called for national standards of excellence in the basics -- not federal government standards, but nation~l standards for 4th grade
Teaching Directive [1]
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- standards. In the President's· A' Call to Action for American Education In the 21st Century, outlined in his most recent State of the Union address, he described strategies to help ensure that there is a talented and dedicated teacher in every classroom
Test Talking Points [1]
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- Grade Mathematics I . The President, in his State of the Union Addressl proposed a new national educati.on initiative to develop and make available voluntar~' national tests for 4th grade students in reading and 8th grade students in mathematics
Test Talking Points [4]
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- every 4th grader in reading and every 8th grader inmath to make sure these standards are met. President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4, 1997 STRONG SCHOOLS WITH CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT AND, DISCIPLINE ARE ESSENTIAL TO OUR
North Carolina Trip [1]
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- to discussion sites in every state in the Union. The conference will focus on effective ways to inspire talented young people to enter the teaching profession, and will help shape future Administration proposals, to be included in the Higher Education Act
- standards, and by 1999, every state should test every 4th grader in reQding and every 8th grader in math to make sure these standards are met. President Clinton. State oftbe Union Address, Feb. 4.1997 A CHALLENGE TO EVERY STATE: MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT
Articles
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- , that's their prerogative," he' said. "We like whistle-blowers," he said. "We have a whistle-blower hot line." 15 have provided $5 billion for school repairs. President Clinton embraced a similar idea in his State of the Union address but dropped
- proposed in this year's State of the Union address. But now, 10 and behold. it's the Republicans who are lining up against the idea. Lamar Alexander, who led the fight for national performance tests as Bush's education secretary, now fulminates against them
Political Attacks [2]
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- , even the private man agement of public schools. (To the astonishment of his staff and the consternation of his union allies, the President personally penned such an endorsement into the 1994 State· of the Union address.) But the administration's main
California [Ron K.] Unz Initiative - Bilingual Education: California Bilingual Ballot Initiative [4]
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Sept. 8 Announcement
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- these pressing needs by enacting -- in the next month before leaving Washingt~n -- the education agenda that he first proposed in the State of the Union address, including: • BUILDING AND RENOVATING OVER 5,000 SCHOOLS. The President has proposed School
Michigan [4]
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- that they ·are meeting the voluntary standards Clinton extolled in last month's State of the Union address. . The alliance between Clinton and Engler, however unlikely at first blush, has a certain logic. Both men have aligned themselves with issues such as · overhauling
Misc. Clips
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- Speeches of the In his State of the Union address Tuesday, Presi: Western World. Maybe its because, big as he is on sen dent Clinton issued a "call to-action for AmeriCan ' timent, Ointon seems deaf to myth" education" and warned that "the enemy of our
- otir values." ! . Bill Clinton State of the Union Address January 25, 1994 SAFE AND DRUG·FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES STATE GRANTS Total Allotment State . I , , . Allotment 1 ! i I 1 1 Allotment to Governor To SEA (80%) (100%) ,US
Test Talking Points [3]
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- that does business in every state in the union and 70countries , , worldwide. volunu#y national tests that:give individual student scores make sense. Here's,why. ' When prospective ~mp'oyees apply for ajob. employers hold them to the same standard
- are not inaccurate. No state in the union has a majority of its fourth graders reading at proficient or advanced levels or a majority of its eighth graders performing at these. levels in mathematics. And so education has moved up on the list of major problems
- about education, I want to make a point I tried to make in the State of the Union. I've had a lot of people -- people who are primarily political people, good people, but people who normally think about things in political terms -- say to me, well, you
- wish to reaffirm our support for your unprecedented cortunitment to education as announced in your State of the Union Address and reflected in your Fiscal Yeelr 1998 Budget Request to the Congress. rhecommunity college sector has repeatedly endorsed
Title V [4]
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- . It reflects the lessons learned in communities across America. It reflects the goals I have sought to advance in my State of the Union Address, and in my speeches across this nation. 'I Every child in every community must master the basics with national
- . an~ plausible fad gets its ow '1 "appropriation, and any issue that rings the chimes of fo~cus groups gets its own paragraph in the State-of-the-Union. . ~ 2 , ,; · MAR 12 '97 01:57PM HU~SON P.3/12 INSTITUE That is not how it should
- of new national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, as called for by the Presid~nt in his State of the Union Address. As provided for by the Senate, control oftest policies and development will be transferred to the Natiomil Assessment
- (202) 336-7005 paulad@ccsso.org PRESIDENT'S EDUCATION MESSAGE RIGHT ON FOR 21ST CENTURY Washington, D.C., February 5, 1997-"President Clinton begins the 105th Congress with the strongest State of the Union address on education this century
- that we can make sure this ' national partnership succeeds. II President Clinton, State of the Union, January 23, 1996 .I ) ,i NATIONAL MISSION TO MAKE EVERY YOUNG PERSON TECHNOLOGICALLY ~ITERATE: The President has launched a national mission to make
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- grader in math to make sure these standards are met President Clinton, State of the Union Address, February 4, 1997 STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE AND DISCIPLINE ARE ESSENTIAL IN OUR SCHOOLS. Strong schools with clear standards of achievement and discipline
- national reading and math test development IDltilit seeks and receives specific and eXRlicil Congressional authorizaljon [0 develop dle rests. a.m~ndment d18t would require the Clinton Administration to p!ou the In his 1997 State of the Union message
- )opulation and tillis, the challenge to address the. needs of LEP students' is particularly urgent. . . UI'C).:OIl :-;";,,. III:! ~J . ra,.... LX '/')')0 l '/~/: ~) I.~.~:~'J. 'l~~:J f'f.
Research
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- , said the relationship between the state and his union has been generally good. "We said from day one, we are not obstructionists," he said. Still, the resentment lingers. "I just shake my head about this. It's been a nightmare," said Joseph Masters
- Monday,' February 2, 1998 Buenas Tardes y Bienvenidos a La Casa Blanca! Last Tuesday night, in his State of the Union address, President Clinton emphasized what we all know .to be true -- that this new Information Age is, first and foremost
- , persnickety fulfill Mr. Clinton's State of the Union academics. and anti-testing challenge to measure evel), school "by oile. high our advocates return N AEP what standard: Are knowchildren learning they need to to compete and In global economy?" to its dim
Technology (Clips)
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- , said few of his members would support Madigan's bill. "The majority of my members in my caucus are not in favor of an income tax. increase," Daniels said. "Every other state in the union is looking at reducing costs, except for Illinois, where
