The Need for Federal Government in Education

             The Need for Federal Government Involvement in Education Reform
             For centuries, generations of families have congregated in the same community or
             in the same general region of the country. Children grew up expecting to earn a
             living much like their fathers and mothers or other adults in their community.
             Any advanced skills they required beyond the three R's (Readin', Ritin' and
             Rithmatik) were determined by the local community and incorporated into the
             curriculum of the local schools. These advanced skills were taught to the up-
             and-coming generation so they could become a vital part of their community. The
             last several decades has greatly expanded the bounds of the "community" to
             almost anywhere in the country or anywhere in the world for that matter.
             Advances in transportation and communication has made the world a much smaller
             place then the world we knew as children. The skills our children need to
             realize parents' perpetual dream of "their children having a better life" are no
             longer limited to those seen in the local area. It is becoming more and more
             apparent that the education system of yesterday cannot adequately prepare
             students for life and work in the 21st Century. These concerns have prompted
             people across the country to take a hard look at our education system and to
             organize their efforts to chance the education system as we know it.
             There are two major movements in recent years whose focus is to enhance the
             education of future generations. The "Standards" movement focuses on
             educational content and raising the standards of traditional teaching and
             measurement means and methods. The "Outcome Based Education" (OBE) movement is
             exploring new ways of designing education and changing the way we measure the
             effectiveness of education by focusing on results or outcomes.
             In September 1989, President Bush and the nation's governors called an
             Education Summit in Charlottesvi...

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