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The guests evaluated the privatization of school systems for economic and educational reasons, with which many school systems are experimenting, or at least cotemplating.

Chester Finn, head of the Educational Excellence Network, and Brenda Welburn, Deputy Executive Director of the National Association of State Boards of Education, defined multiculturalism and…

The Interim Council on Standards and Testing continued to speak about possible national standards for academic achievement in U.S. schools and methods for assessing achievement through natio…

Moderated by Paula Zahn, co-host of CBS “This Morning” program, the forum panelists assessed the national goals of education in terms of “what to learn and how to measure results.”

Experts on Education and the Economy conversed with members of the NGA Education Task Force on plans and ideas for National Goals. Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas chaired the meeting. Issu…

The Department of Education held a news conference on trends in the well being of American youth.

Assistant Secretary of Education Chester Finn addressed an audience at the Department of Education about the concluded report on the costs of of higher education. Specifically, the study aim…

The President’s Commission on Privatization heard testimony on the principle of choice in education. Chester Finn, an assistant secretary at the Department of Education, spoke on the popula…

The House Postsecondary Education subcommittee held an oversight hearing on the rising costs of attending American colleges and universities, a phenomenon that, if continued, could limit the…

Governor Robert Orr of Indiana, Lynee Cheney, chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Chester Finn, assistant secretary in the Department of Education, spoke to the annu…

Chester Finn, Jr. discussed education issues and cultural conservatism. He answered questions from viewers.