Supports tuition tax credits insofar as they enhance academic excellence and strengthen our society. (JOW)

The text of a Washington Post editorial which opposes President Reagan's tuition tax credit bill and a response from Edwin Meese, III, counselor to the President, are reprinted. (JOW)

Text of a radio broadcast by President Reagan on the findings of the National Commission on Excellence in Education. (JOW)

The President speaks of the principles which guide the Reagan Administration's education policies, and specifically discusses the proposed tuition tax credits for parents who send their children to private schools. The President also discusses proposed aid to human services programs which help the elderly and the poor. (CT)

Comments on educational issues which could be favorably affected by the passage of the Packwood-Moynihan Tuition Tax Credit bill. Indicates that tuition tax credits can help parents seek better schools and give those with low incomes a greater role in finding the best educational alternatives for their children. (JOW)

Supports the Packwood-Moynihan Tuition Tax Credit bill because of its importance to the poor, the working class, and all whose children are trapped in educationally deteriorating and physically dangerous public schools. (JOW)

Points out that education is the only area where tax monies must be spent in a government agency. Indicates that Medicare can be used in a private hospital, social security can be spent anywhere, and food stamps do not have to be used in a government store. (JOW)

Examines the issue of tuition tax credits as a means to ensure lower costs and more efficiency in running schools. (JOW)

Discusses four themes in the efforts to secure public support for private education: (1) to save private schools from disappearing; (2) to preserve benefits already received; (3) to gain benefits wrongfully denied; and (4) to effect reform via support for private schools. (JOW)

Discusses the relationship between the federal government and public education. Indicates that immediate action is needed to remedy the problems facing American education and makes recommendations that would expedite improvement. (JOW)

The author discusses recent trends in education that are making the public call for education reform. The author recommends the articulation of a new public philosophy for public education. He feels the threat of tuition tax credits may hasten this articulation. (CT)

The report of the presidential Advisory Panel on Financing Elementary and Secondary Education presents the panel's philosophy, describes current problems, and recommends (1) returning financial autonomy to state and local levels, (2) dismantling the Department of Education, (3) deregulating public schools, and (4) encouraging school-based…