Tell Politicians to Keep Education Major Priority

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The baby boomers put education on the national agenda, and now they are taking it off.

School improvement has been a staple of the last five presidential campaigns. But this may be the last time it is a priority in the platforms of either political party. In exit polls in the early presidential primary contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, school improvement placed fourth on the list of voter concerns, after health care, the economy and the war in Iraq/ terrorism.

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Tell Politicians to Keep Education Major Priority

The rise and decline of school improvement as a national issue have been driven largely by demographics. Constituting nearly 30 percent of the nation's population and more than 60 percent of its...

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