., DOCUMENT RESUME ED 322 602 EA 022 107 TIME Hearing on the Status of Education in America and Directions for the Future. Hearings before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, 101st Congress, First Session (November 13 and 14, 1989). INSTITUTION Congress of the U.S., Washington, D.C. House Committee on Education and Labor. PUB DATE 90 NOTE 401p.; Serial No. 101-68. AVAILABLE FROMSuperintendent of Documents, Congessional Sales Office, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. PUB TYPE Legal/Legislative/Regulatory Materials (090) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Achievement; Accountability; Career Development; Classroom Environment; Educational Assessment; Educational Environment; Educational Finance; Educational Innovation; *Eduzational Objectives; Educational Opportunities; Elementary Secondary Education; *Equal Education; *Excellence in Education; *Federal Government; Federal L,egislation; *Futures (of Society); *Hearings; Minority Groups; Parent Participaticn; Public Schools; School Based Management; School Choice; *School Restructuring; Teacher Employment IDENTIFIERS Congress 101st ABSTRACT Statements and letters from administrators and policyrakers and supplementary materials are included in this report of a congressional hearing on the status and future of American education. Four broad areas targeted by the President's educational agenda are as follows: (1) helping those most in need;(2) achieving and rewarding excellence and success; (3) increasing parent involvement and choice; and (4) strengthening accountability at all levels. Area of concern identified at the Charlottesville education summit include health and nutrition issues, the school environment, productivity, and evaluation. (LMI) *******************************************************x*************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************************** V 4C:D HEARING ON THE STATUS OFEDUCATION IN !,c,0 AMERICA AND DIRECTIONSFOR THE FUTURE VIZ HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAND LABOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FIRST CONGRESS FIRST SESSION HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, DC, NOVEMBER13 AND 14, 1989 Serial No. 101-68 Printed for the use of the Committeeon Education and Labor U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office ot Educational Research and invrovement Er ATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER 'ERIC) &hisdocument has been reproduced as received from the person Or OrgsnaanOn Originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Pointsolv,eworopin;onsslaiedinlhis&Xu . meet do not necessarily represent othciat OERI position or policy C11 Cs$ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 24486 44:t WASHINGTON : 1990 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, CongressionalSales Office U.S. Govement Printing Office, Washington, DC20402 , . 2 ._ CUPYAVAILABLE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California, Chairman WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan WILLIAM F. GOODLING, Pennsylvania JOSEPH M. GAYDOS, Pennsylvania E. THOMAS COLEMAN, Missouri WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY, Missouri THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin GEORGE MILLER, California MARGE ROUKEMA, New Jersey AUSTIN J. MURPHY, Pennsylvania STEVE GUNDERSON, Wisconsin DALE E. KILDEE, Michigan STEVE BARTLETT, Texas PAT WILLIAMS, Montana THOMAS J. TAUKE, Iowa MATTHEW G. MARTINEZ, California HARRIS W. FAWELL, Illinois MAJOR R. OWENS, New York PAUL B. HENRY, Michigan CHARLES A. HAYES, Illinois FRED GRANDY, Iowa CARL C. PERKINS, Kentucky CASS BALLENGER, North Carolina THOMAS C. SAWYER, Ohio PETER SMITH, Vermont VONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey TOMMY F. ROBINSON, Arkansas NITA M. LOWEY, New York GLENN POSHARD, Illinois JOLENE UNSOELD, Washington NICK JOE RAHALL II, West Virginia JAIME B. FUSTER, Puerto Rico PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana JIM JONTZ, Indiana KWEISI MFUME, Maryland CONTENTS Hearings held in Washington, DC,on: Palo. November 13, 1989 November 14, 1989 1 Statement of: 191 Butler, Owen B., Chairman of the Board, Committeefor Economic Devel- opment, CED, Washington, DC; accompanied by Lt.Drew Brown, USNR, Founder and Director, the AmericanDream Program 44 Cavazos, Lauro, U.S. Department of Education 2 Darling-Hammmond, Dr. Linda, Professor, Teacher'sCollege, Columbia University, New York, NY Gilbert, 98 Shirl,Deputy Superintendent,IndianapolisPublicSchool System, Indianapolis, IN 204 Lapointe, Dr. Archibald E., Project Director,National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP, Princeton, NJ 21 Malcom, Shilley, American Association for theAdvancement of Science 73 Melton, Raymond, Director, National Academyof School Executives, the American Association of School Administrators,Arlington, VA 274 Molnar, Andrew R., Program Director, Applicationof Advanced Technol- ogies, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC 191 Robinson, Stephanie, Director, Education andCareer Development, Na- tional Urban League Inc., New York, NY Shanker, Al, President, American Federation 281 DC of Teachers, Washington, 303 Slavin, Robert E.. Director, National Centeron Elementary and Middle Schools, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 130 Wilson, Thomas; A., Special Assistantfor Development, Coaliton of Es- sential Schools, Brown University, Providence,RI 2.32 Prepared statements, letters, supplementalmaterials, et cetera; Brown, Lt. Drew, USNR, Founder andDirector, the American Dream Program, prepared statement of 64 Butler, Owen B., Chairman of the Board,Committee for Economic Devel- opment, CED, Washington, DC, preparedstatement of 49 Cavazos, Lauro, U.S. Department of Education,prepared statement of 8 Clark, Dr. Donald M., National Associationfor Industry-Education Coop- eration, prepared statement of 153 Darling-Hammmond, Dr. Linda, Professor,Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York, NY, prepared Gilbert, statement of 105 Shirl, Deputy Superintendent,IndianapolisPublicSchool System, Indianapolis, IN, preparedstatement of 216 Hoyt, Kenneth B., Ph.D., Kansas StateUniversity, prepared statement of 354 Lapointe, Dr. Archibald E., Project Director,National Assessment of Educational Progress, NAEP, Princeton, NJ,prepared statement of 27 Malcom, Shirley, American Association for theAdvancement of Science, prepared statement of Mar land, Dr. Sidney, prepared 79 statement of 226 Molnar, Andrew R., Program Director, Applicationof Advanced Technol- ogies, National Science Foundation, Washi ment of gton, DC, prepared state- 197 National Center on Effective Secondary Schools,prepared statement of 150 Robinson, Stephanie, Director, Education andCareer Development, Na- tional Urban League Inc., New York, NY,prepared statement of 288 Shanker, Al, President, AmericanFederation of Teachers, Washington, DC, prepared statement of 310 (111) IV Page Prepared statements, letters, supplemental materials, et ceteraContinued Slavin, Robert E., Director, National Center on Elementary and Middle Schools, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, prepared statement of 135 Wilson, Thomas A., Special Assistant for Development, Coalition of Es- sential Schools, Brown University, Providence, RI, prepared statement of 238 5 THE STATUS OF EDUCATION INAMERICA AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1989 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, DC. The committee met, pursuant to call,at 9:30 a.m., in Room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.Augustus Hawkins [Chair- man] presiding. Members present: Representatives Hawkinsand Good ling. Staff present: Barbara Dandridge,administrative assistant (edu- cation); Andrew J. Hartman, minoritystaff director; and Beth Buehlmann, minority education coordinator. The CHAIRMAN. The Committeeon Education and Labor is called to order. This is the beginning ofa series of statements by outstanding ed ucators. It is our hope that wecan listen to those who are really on the firing line and to learn from themas to where we are in education today and in what directionwe are headed. We will have no com- ment on the statements that thevarious ones will issue during these several days of official hearingin the nature of a symposium. No questions will be asked ofwitnesses. We would like for them to confine themselves to the highlightsof their statements which will be entered in the record intheir entirety and no attempt will be made to editorialize or to change thestatements of those whc testi- fy. It is expected that at the end ofthe hearingfrom some 15 or 20 outstanding spokesmen in the fieldwe willsimply present what has been said and issue that,disseminate that to the public and perhaps out of those differentstatements a clearer and better un- derstanding of just whatwe are attampting to do in behalf of the Nation's interests will be better andmore clearly understood. Perhaps some action can be gleanedfrom what is said. So we will proceed today, tomorrow, and ifnecessary on Wednesday. It is our hope that other Members of the committeewill benefit from what is said. We will obviously share withour colleagues the informa- tion that we gather here this morningand this afternoon. Mr. Goodling and I are pleased to joinin sponsoring this sympo- sium. I would like to yield to himfor whatever statement he may wish to make. (1) A E3 2 Mr.GOODLING.Just that I am looking forward to these next couple of days. If we don't have all the answers by the end of those two days, I guess we will never get them. TheCHAIRMAN.Thank you. We are very honored and pleased that this series of hearings will commence with the Secretary