Several Education-Friendly Lawmakers in Tight Races

By Robert C. Johnston

Washington

Officially, President Clinton's visit to Framingham, Mass., where he signed the Improving America's Schools Act last week, was not a campaign stop.

But by holding the event at Framingham High School, Mr. Clinton feted Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., whose committee drafted the bill--better known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--that reauthorizes most federal K-12 programs. And while the President's speech was not overtly political, he spoke at a Democratic rally...