The promise of equal educational opportunity envisioned by the Brown decision remains unfulfilled.

There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.

Another example of the educational inequality is the current debate over publicly financed school vouchers which will provide educational opportunities to a privileged handful, but deprive public schools of desperately needed resources.

While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor.

Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments.