In his State of the Union Address. the President told us that to his own exhortation. "we must strive for excellence in education." In response to his own exhortations. he has proposed a cut of 28 percent in the education budget. He told us that "our children should master the basic concepts of math and science." and then cut math and science teacher training programs. President Reagan announced a goal of raising literacy levels by the year 2000 "to assure that every Americanno matter what agelearns to speak. read. and write English." and yet he has proposed a rescission of all 1987 funds for immigrant education and provided no funds for 1988. The President told us that no one should be "left behind" in obtaining an education. and. yet he has proposed cuts of $253 million. or 15 percent in funds for education for the handicapped. The cuts to elementary and secondary education are bad enough.
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