I.     GOALS OF EDUCATION

    A.    EDUCATING CITIZENS

    B.    ADVANCING SOCIAL GOALS

II.     EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

    A.    DROPOUT RATES

    B.    TESTING & SCORING (CSAP; consequences)

III.     EDUCATIONAL REFORM

    A.    PERFORMANCE TESTING

    B.    TEACHER TESTING

    C.    MERIT PAY (pro-con)

    D.   AMERICA 2000 GOALS (update)

IV.     REINVENTING EDUCATION

    A.    PARENTAL CHOICE (vouchers - constitutionality)

     B.   SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT

    C.    MAGNET SCHOOLS

    D.    CHARTER SCHOOLS

    E.    FOR-PROFIT PRIVATE SCHOOLS

V.     RELIGION & EDUCATION

    A.    PUBLIC EDUCATION (10 Commandment Case)

    B.    PRIVATE EDUCATION

VI.     FEDERAL ROLE

        A.    NORTH WEST ORDINANCE (1787)

        B.    MORRIL LAND GRANT ACTS (1862)

        C.    SMITH-HUGHES ACT (1917)

        D.    NATIONAL DEFENSE EDUCATION ACT (1958)

        E.    ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (1965)

        F.     NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (2002) (summary; Dept. of Educ. Description)

VII.    ORGANIZING PUBLIC EDUCATION

    A.    STATE SUPERVISION (NEBRASKA EXAMPLE)

    B.    SCHOOL FINANCES

        1.    FEDERAL SUPPORT

        2.    NEBRASKA EXAMPLE

    C.    LOCAL SCHOOL GOVERNANCE (WASHINGTON EXAMPLE)

VII.    HIGHER EDUCATION

    A.    FEDERAL SUPPORT (student loans)

    B.    PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION

        1.     COMMUNITY COLLEGES

        2.     FOUR YEAR COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES (ISSUES)