Clinton Seeks Teacher Hires, Small Classes

By David J. Hoff

Washington

For the second year in a row, President Clinton touted education as his highest priority in his State of the Union Address.

But it will be another year before he--and the nation's schools--learn whether that priority translates into action.

Twelve months after his first such State of the Union declaration, Mr. Clinton is taking credit for new tax deductions for college tuition, expanded federal spending for charter schools and classroom technology, and a literacy program in which students from 850...