NBC Nightly News - 1991-04-18
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[0:01] This is NBC Nightly News with Tom Bro
[0:05] reporting tonight from NBC News
[0:07] headquarters in New York. Good evening.
[0:10] America's schools and crime on the
[0:12] streets, two of the most difficult
[0:13] challenges that we face in this country.
[0:15] And today, President Bush offered a bold
[0:17] new approach for one, a hardline
[0:19] approach for the other. NBC John Cochran
[0:22] is at the White House tonight. Andre
[0:23] Mitchell on Capitol Hill. And John,
[0:25] let's begin with you on that education
[0:26] proposal. Tom, the president is trying
[0:30] to earn the title he set his eyes on
[0:32] during the 88 presidential campaign, the
[0:35] education president.
[0:37] >> The president wants to regain the
[0:39] momentum without spending any more
[0:40] money. And dollar bills don't educate
[0:43] students.
[0:43] >> But Bush does support a new way of
[0:46] encouraging better performance in five
[0:48] subjects: math, science, English,
[0:51] history, and geography. The president
[0:54] wants to offer voluntary national tests
[0:56] on those subjects to students in the
[0:58] fourth, 8th, and 12th grades.
[1:01] >> These American achievement tests will
[1:05] tell parents and educators,
[1:07] politicians, and employers just how well
[1:10] our schools are doing.
[1:12] >> These national tests, the first ever,
[1:15] would not be used to punish some schools
[1:17] by withholding funds from those that do
[1:19] badly. But the president does want to
[1:22] give parents more freedom of choice to
[1:24] send their children to schools that
[1:25] score well, including private schools. A
[1:29] controversial idea that some in Congress
[1:31] oppose. But Congress may buy another
[1:34] Bush proposal to help create a new model
[1:37] school in