Word: programed
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Unlike many Republicans, Bush wants to keep the Department of Education, and even wants to expand it by making Head Start, a child development program, one of its programs...
...centerpiece of Bush's education platform is his "affirmative access" program. As part of this program, a state law signed by Bush in 1997 requires Texas public colleges and universities to admit the top 10 percent of graduates from each of the state's high schools...
...result of his program, "more of the minority students who did attend selective schools would be from low income segregated backgrounds and fewer from integrated and suburban schools," according to Gary A. Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy at Harvard...
...should allow each parent's savings to be used in any participating state, and use incentives to encourage states that do not have the programs to create them," Gore said in May 1999. "Under this plan, if you make small, regular contributions to the program after your child's birth, you'll be able to afford college tuition--with protection from taxes, inflation, and rising college costs...
...Gore's program is also more centrist than a traditional Democrat's--a reflection of the "New Democrat" ideology that got the Clinton-Gore ticket twice elected to the nation's highest offices...