By Frederick M. Hess
Those essays by means of the prime younger pupil of schooling reform clarify the serious value of responsibility, festival, and suppleness in solving what is wrong with America's colleges.
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At the same time, it could not afford to alienate its core urban and minority supporters. Seeking to negotiate this tension, the “New Democrats” pioneered a rhetoric that emphasized expanding opportunity and shared responsibility, arguing that a skill- and knowledge-based economy required the workers’ party to shift from a redistributive model toward one that fostered societal investment in workers. The 1964 revolution had left Republicans vulnerable on the issues of fairness and opportunity, should the Democrats ever escape the “big government” label.
Bush’s performance proved crucial when voters ranked education the nation’s most important issue, and Bush eked out an electoral college victory. The problem for Republicans was that the triumph of “compassionate conservatism” came at a cost. In countering the Democratic accusations of callousness, it implied a commitment to an expanded federal role in education. Meaningful national accountability required that Washington become proactive in the selection and implementation of accountability systems.
