The National Summit Conference on Education Act of 1983: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3245 ... Hearings Held in Washington, D.C. on July 21, September 14, 15, 20, 1983U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 215 pages |
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Page 104 - State school boards associations, with direct local school board affiliates, constituted to strengthen local lay control of education and to work for the improvement of education. Most of these school board members are elected public officials.
Page 151 - LEADERSHIP AND FISCAL SUPPORT We recommend that citizens across the Nation hold educators and elected officials responsible for providing the leadership necessary to achieve these reforms, and that citizens provide the fiscal support and stability required to bring about the reforms we propose.
Page 75 - Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, thank you very much for the opportunity to testify on this important subject.
Page 150 - All, regardless of race or class or economic status, are entitled to a fair chance and to the tools for developing their individual powers of mind and spirit to the utmost. This promise means that all children by virtue of their own efforts, competently guided, can hope to attain the mature and informed judgment needed to secure gainful employment and to manage their own lives, thereby serving not only their own interests but also the progress of society itself.
Page 38 - ... responsibility to identify the national interest in education. It should also help fund and support efforts to protect and promote that interest. It must provide the national leadership to ensure that the Nation's public and private resources are marshaled to address the issues discussed in this report. 6. This Commission calls upon educators, parents, and public officials at all levels to assist in bringing about the educational reform proposed in this report. We also call upon citizens to provide...
Page 17 - I think by far the most important bill in our whole code, is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people. No other sure foundation can be devised, for the preservation of freedom and happiness.
Page 192 - Local projects, to be conducted by local educational agencies and public or private nonprofit agencies, organizations, and institutions, are approved by the State education agency on the basis of need and resources available.
Page 15 - ... when the nation was formed. A major concern of the founders of our country was how people, admittedly imperfect, can govern themselves. One answer to the question was to encourage the "search for truth and the perfection of learning" as a way of making self-government possible. Because "knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness...
Page 38 - The Federal Government has the primary responsibility to identify the national interest in education. It should also help fund and support efforts to protect and promote that interest. It must provide the national leadership to ensure that the Nation's public and private resources are marshaled to address the issues discussed in this report.
Page 100 - Forum makes only one overall recommendation: as a nation, we must develop a consensus that industrial competitiveness is crucial to our social and economic well-being. Such a consensus will require a shift in public attitudes about national priorities, as well as changes in public perceptions about the nature of our economic malaise. We believe the process of developing consensus should begin with a major public address by the President of the United States.