America can watch China evolve toward a bellicose adversary thatrecreates the Cold War of the 1950s and 1960s, or it can createconditions under which China evolves toward a democratic,capitalist trading partner of the United States. At the same time,however, a policy that recognizes the right of self-determinationfor the people of Taiwan is critical to U.S. strategic interests.
(Archived document, may contain errors) 351 May 11, 1984 THE EDUCATION CRISIS WASHINGTON SHARES THE BLAME INTRODUCTION That there is a crisis in American education is by now widely acknowledged. Exactly how the crisis is to be resolved however is in dispute. Many within the education establishment feel the nation's schools can be i mproved only with increased federal spending. The evidence, however, argues otherwise. Data from the past three decades demonstrate that, as federal involvement in education has increased, educational quality has plummeted.