Teachers and GOALS 2000 -- National Education Goals

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n

Teachers and GOALS 2000: Leading the Journey Toward High Standards for All Students

NATIONAL EDUCATION GOALS

By the year 2000:

All children in America will start school ready to learn.
The high school graduation rate will increase to at least 90 percent.
All students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter including English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, the arts, history, and geography, and every school in America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well, so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning, and productive employment in our Nation's modern economy.
United States students will be first in the world in mathematics and science achievement.
Every adult American will be literate and will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Every school in the United States will be free of drugs, violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning.
The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs for the continued improvement of their professional skills and the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to instruct and prepare all American students for the next century.
Every school will promote partnerships that will increase parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, emotional, and academic growth of children.

By approving the GOALS 2000: Educate America Act, Congress reaffirmed the six National Education Goals agreed to by all the nation's governors under the leadership of Governor Clinton and then-President Bush in 1990. In the Act, which passed with strong bipartisan support in 1994, Congress also added two Goals -- one on teacher learning and one on parent partnerships. The National Education Goals and GOALS 2000 have been endorsed by every major parent, education, and business group across the country.

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pkickbush, June 1995