Crossfire (CNN) - 2001-01-23
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[0:01] by band.
[0:05] >> This is CNN.
[0:11] Educational excellence for all is a
[0:13] national issue
[0:16] and [music] of this moment is a
[0:17] presidential priority.
[0:19] >> Tonight, reading, writing, arithmetic,
[0:23] and reform. Can push reform the nation's
[0:27] education system? Are vouchers the best
[0:30] way to do it?
[0:30] >> I just don't think it's going to that
[0:32] President Bush's education proposal has
[0:35] many good parts to it is going to get
[0:37] passed with his current voucher uh part.
[0:41] >> Live from Washington Crossfire.
[0:46] On the left, Bill Press. On the right,
[0:49] Robert Novak. In the Crossfire,
[0:52] Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone of
[0:54] Minnesota, a member of the Education
[0:56] Committee. And in Lancing, Michigan,
[0:58] Republican Governor John Angler. [music]
[1:03] >> Good evening. Welcome to Crossfire.
[1:06] School days. School days. It's more than
[1:08] three Rs these days. It's five. Add
[1:11] reform and rhetoric. But what kind of
[1:14] reform and how heated the rhetoric?
[1:16] That's the debate which President Bush
[1:18] kicked off today as promised, making
[1:20] education the first priority of his new
[1:23] administration. Bush's plan calls for
[1:25] annual tests for reading and math skills
[1:27] for grades 3 through 8, more money for
[1:30] teacher training, and limited vouchers
[1:32] for parents who want to put their kids
[1:34] in a better school. Bush's attention to
[1:36] schools won the praise of leading
[1:39] Democrats, but not the details of his
[1:42] plan. In fact, Senators Joe Lieberman
[1:44] and Evan B introduced their own
[1:46] competing education proposal today with
[1:48] more money than Bush and no vouchers.
[1:51] That's where the battle lines are drawn.
[1:54] Will Democr