Bush's Community Program Finds Home in Clinton Reform Plan

By Julie A. Miller

WASHINGTON--For local activists who accepted President Bush's challenge to create "America 2000 communities,'' the good news is that the Clinton Administration has kept the community-based part of the Bush education strategy virtually intact.

The new Administration simply rechristened the effort "Goals 2000,'' linking it to the education-reform bill of the same name that is pending in Congress, and altered the rhetoric issued from Washington to tout "systemic reform'' rather than school choice and "break the mold'' schools.

"From our point of view, Goals 2000 is America 2000 with a different name,'' said Harvey B. Cox, the executive director...