Makes suggestions regarding the responsibility of governors, lawmakers, board members, administrators, teachers, students, parents, representatives of higher education, the private sector, and the federal government to education in America. (JOW)

In this address to educational policy makers attending the National Forum on Excellence in Education, the United States Secretary of Education outlines his perceptions of the responsibilities of those responding to the challenge to renew and reform American education. Discussion focuses on the responsibilities of governors, state legislative…

Publishers, authors, and the schools must be more respectful of parents' values in the preparation and selection of children's books. The use of obscene words, violence, explicit sex, and seeming approval of controversial positions in texts causes many problems. Although the approval of all parents obviously cannot be won, the children's book…