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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (200159)	11/5/2001 5:33:45 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

I am beginning to come to the view that education is almost on par with national defense as far as a government priority. The way we go about bettering education we may disagree over and I'm certainly for local control of schools but we need to do a much better job in this country if we hope to stay competitive on a global basis. We need to break the union stranglehold on our schools and bring much more accountability into the system. JLA

To: DMaA who wrote (200159)	11/5/2001 5:40:56 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769670

I believe public schools should wear uniforms. Especially in grades K-1 thru K-9. However, I believe the federal role should be very limited. The President should use the bully-pulpit to encourage states and counties to experiment with different styles. There is enough anecdotal evidence now which suggests student perform better, have far less incidents of violence, and feel a greater sense of belonging when wearing uniforms. He may have been pandering. I wish he pandered more to the right instead of the left while he was in office.