Reagan's Education Reforms A Focus on School Choice and Accountability

It was Ronald Reagan's happiness, his optimism, his enjoyment of life and his undying belief in the inherent goodness and spirit of the American people that got ... While much of their political partnership was based on smart gamesmanship, Reagan, the Republican, and O'Neill, the Democrat, could put aside ... When Reagan took office, the US economy was struggling under what was known as “stagflation” – high unemployment coupled with high levels of ... Reagan's success in changing the terms of the American policy debate affected Canadian public policy. Conservatives belatedly stimulated a ... The one thing that Ronald Reagan's admirers and detractors long ... life president who had a profound and enduring impact on America and the world ... Reagan's 1981 Program for Economic Recovery had four major policy objectives: (1) reduce the growth of government spending, (2) reduce the marginal tax ... simply that for the next five years, the business of America is no longer business. ... and at a time of declining U.S. productivity, more than $1 trillion 300 ... Much is being written about Ronald Reagan's successes in economics, politics and foreign affairs. Just as important was how he responded to his failures. Ronald Reagan figured that if you cut taxes on companies and the very wealthy and reduced regulations on business, they would invest more, the economy would ... Reagan's economic legacy is mixed. On the one hand, tax reduction and a tightening of interest rates by the Federal Reserve led to a record period of peacetime ...