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Date:         Wed, 27 Jan 1993 16:39:25 -0500
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Hi, y'all:
Speaking of Arkansas' education ranking . . . if anyone's interested, I can
re-post some of the relevant stuff from Clinton's campaign literature.
From what I can remember, the following are of note:
1.  Hilary was in charge of a task force that, among other things, managed
to forge a state-wide consensus to raise taxes for education.
2.  Among the reforms undertaken were: teacher testing, an "admissions"
test that 8th graders have to pass before being admitted to high school,
early identification of kids with various learning disabilities, and lots
of attention to pre-school-aged kids.  The state also had (in 1990, I think
) the largest pay raise for teachers in the country.
3.  As far as higher education goes, Arkansas ranks 33rd in the nation in
total spending on higher ed (even though it's down at the bottom for
income) -- they spend well above the national average per student.  They
had the largest growth in spending on higher ed in the country. (I was
kinda depressed to see that Arkansas outspends West Virginia almost 2:1 in
total dollars and more like 4:1 on per-student spending)

Now, I know all this stuff can be interpreted more than one way.  But the
educators I know who are familiar with Arkansas allow as how they made some
real progress under Clinton.

Kerry