The lady's not for burning.(Connecticut State Board of Education nominee Kay Wall)(Column)

From: National Review | Date: July 10, 1995| Author: Christensen, Jeffrey | Copyright information

Wall was the target of a smear campaign by the centralized education bureaucracy, and she withdrew her nomination as a result. Wall stands for local control of the curriculum and the opportunity for high academic achievers to excel.

WHEN Connecticut's newly elected Republican governor, John Rowland, nominated Kay Wall, a proponent of high academic standards and local control of the schools, to the State Board of Education, he gave a voice to a long-neglected majority of Connecticut...

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