In TV and radio ads and in direct mail, Ridge claims to have ended OBE.

In actuality, he signed annual contracts with the Federal Department of Education implementing OBE - the most recent signature was in July, 1998, just AFTER his ads began running.

Is Outcome-Based Education Really Dead in Pennnsylvania?

Tom Ridge and Outcome-Based Education
A look at the School-To-Work contract signed by the Ridge administraton in 1995.

Parents as Education "Partners"

A Touch of Gold
A look at HR 1385 - federal education bill

Eight National Goals of "Goals 2000"