A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, by Carl Bernstein: on Education

Hillary Clinton: 1983: Teacher testing as part of AR education reform

Exactly how Hillary decided that teacher-testing might be the smoothest road to education reform is unclear. Democrats were generally opposed to the idea. Hillary was sure that testing teachers’ competence and holding them to minimum standards would help the schools educate. Hillary also knew her words would appeal to conservatives: “The first purpose of school is to educate, not to provide entertainment or opportunities to socialize.”