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higher academic standards, phonics, and values. What has Washington done? Very little.

While Washington has sputtered and postured during the 1990s, state and local leaders have acted. Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson and former Ohio governor (now senator) George Voinovich, along with state lawmakers and mayors, were instrumental in setting up government scholarships for poor children in Milwaukee and Cleveland. Former Minnesota governor Arne Carlson created education tax credits and deductions statewide. On academic standards, George W. himself in Texas (along with other state officials, including some Democrats in my own North Carolina) deserves credit for setting up at least the rudiments of an effective system for evaluating and rewarding student performance.

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Maggie Gallagher

Maggie Gallagher is the author of four books on marriage and is a longtime contributor to National Review.

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higher academic standards, phonics, and values. What has Washington done? Very little.

While Washington has sputtered and postured during the 1990s, state and local leaders have acted. Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson and former Ohio governor (now senator) George Voinovich, along with state lawmakers and mayors, were instrumental in setting up government scholarships for poor children in Milwaukee and Cleveland. Former Minnesota governor Arne Carlson created education tax credits and deductions statewide. On academic standards, George W. himself in Texas (along with other state officials, including some Democrats in my own North Carolina) deserves credit for setting up at least the rudiments of an effective system for evaluating and rewarding student performance.