WASHINGTON ¨C In 1994, the Clinton administration decreed a bright shining future for education. Its Goals 2000 legislation proclaimed that by that year America¡¯s high school graduation rate would be 90 percent and American students would lead the world in math and science achievements. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a New York Democrat, was unimpressed: ¡°That will not happen.¡± It didn¡¯t, to the surprise of no one with an inkling of reality¡¯s viscosity.
President Bill Clinton¡¯s (then Congress¡¯) goals, which Moynihan compared to the Soviet Union¡¯s penchant for delusional grain quotas, illustrated what the senator called the ¡°leakage of reality from American life.¡±
Speaking of which: Democrats, including many presidential candidates, have endorsed something that makes Goals 2000 look like the soul of sobriety. The Green New Deal¡¯s FAQ sheet says:
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